Burk v. Clark
Supreme Court of Florida
Tbis case was decided at Tampa. This was an action on the case for slander, instituted in Hillsborough Circuit Court by the appellee against the appellant. The declaration contained two counts, the second of which was afterwards by leave of the Court amended.
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Tbis case was decided at Tampa. This was an action on the case for slander, instituted in Hillsborough Circuit Court by the appellee against the appellant. The declaration contained two counts, the second of which was afterwards by leave of the Court amended. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the first count — a jury was empannelled and sworn “ well and truly to try, and the truth to speak upon the issue joined,” who returned a verdict for the plaintiff and assessed his damages at the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, upon which judgment was rendered. The defendant below asked…
1Opinion of the CourtDuPONT, J.
This was an action on the case for slander, brought in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough county by the appellee against the appellant. The jury gave a verdict in favor-of the plaintiff below, upon which verdict judgment was entered, and it is from that judgment that the appeal is brought to this Court.
The two first errors assigned refer exclusively to the instructions which were severally given and refused by the judge in the Court below. These instructions purport to have been given in writing and attested by the signature of the judge, and seem to have been relevant to the issue joined…
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