Sollitt v. Moore
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Slander.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. August 7, 1899, George M. Knapp, John W. Miller and Minnie M. Miller, his wife, conveyed by warranty deed to appellant, an undivided one-half interest in certain real estate on the shore of Fox Lake in Lake county, Illinois, commonly known as the “ Antlers.”
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Action for Slander.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. August 7, 1899, George M. Knapp, John W. Miller and Minnie M. Miller, his wife, conveyed by warranty deed to appellant, an undivided one-half interest in certain real estate on the shore of Fox Lake in Lake county, Illinois, commonly known as the “ Antlers.” September 14, 1899, George M. Knapp conveyed to Sollitt his right in an undivided one-half interest in certain chattels and pérsonal property situated on and being used in…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion ■of the court.
Among the instructions given at the instance of the plaintiff was one telling the jury that in fixing the amount of the plaintiff’s damages, they might take into consideration in connection with all the other evidence in the case, the pecuniary and social standing of the defendant and the character and standing of the plaintiff, so far as those have been shown by the evidence.
There was evidence as to the pecuniary standing of the defendant, but none as to his social standing. The instruction was therefore in that regard,…
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