Rall v. Donnelly
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for libel. In the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess County; the Hon. John D. Crabtree, Judge, presiding. Judgment for defendants on demurrer to plea; error by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the May term, 1894,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lacet
The plaintiff in error sued the defendant in error in an action on the case for libel for publishing the following words, to wit: That is to say, “ She is nothing more than a common prostitute.”
The declaration contained two counts, one without and one with innuendo. Besides the general issue, defendants in error pleaded by their second special plea that the plaintiff’s husband had begun suit in the Circuit Court against her for divorce, averring in the plea that the plaintiff in error had made application to the court in the divorce suit for temporary alimony and solicitor’s fees, which her…
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