Forshee v. Abrams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Davis District Court. This action was brought to recover of Abrams and thirty-two others, damages for writing and publishing certain libelous matter of and concerning the plaintiff. The petition contains three counts, and charges the defendants with haying written and published certain letters and notices, accusing plaintiff of the crime of arson, in burning a certain school-house.
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Appeal from the Davis District Court. This action was brought to recover of Abrams and thirty-two others, damages for writing and publishing certain libelous matter of and concerning the plaintiff. The petition contains three counts, and charges the defendants with haying written and published certain letters and notices, accusing plaintiff of the crime of arson, in burning a certain school-house. The defendants answer, denying the charge contained in the petition; in substance, they plead “not guilty.” On the trial, several exceptions to the rulings of the court were taken by the defendants,…
1Opinion of the CourtWeight, C. J.
The defendants first assign for error, the overruling of their demurrer to plaintiff’s petition. The record shows, that the cause coming on to be heard, on defendants’ demur er to the plaintiff’s petition, the same was overruled ; but we find no demurrer, or further reference to it, in any part of the transcript. What' were the grounds of the demurrer, we have no means of knowing, and cannot, therefore, say that it was improperly overruled.
The next assignment of error, relates to the refusal of the court to grant some of the defendants a separate trial. It appears that some of the defendants,…
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