Hagan v. Hendry
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. Action for a libel, brought November 18th, 1856, by the appellant against the appellee. The declaration in its first count charges, that the defendant falsely and maliciously caused to be printed in a newspaper called' “ The Examiner,” the following card:—“Messrs.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. Action for a libel, brought November 18th, 1856, by the appellant against the appellee. The declaration in its first count charges, that the defendant falsely and maliciously caused to be printed in a newspaper called' “ The Examiner,” the following card:—“Messrs. Schley & Haller, Gentlemen:—It is with heartfelt regret that I have to say, that Mr. Adam Hagan, not content with publishing the certificate as I gave it, has added or caused to be added to it in a way calculated, in its nature, to ridicule me in the eyes of the public. What could…
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, C. J.
The questions presented by the bills of excepuon in this case, arise and depend chiefly upon the extent to which the pleadings in actions for libel are modified by the Act entitled, “An act to simplify the rules and forms of pleading and practice in the courts of law,” 1856, ch. 112. The suit was instituted on the 1 tli of November 1856, by the appellant against the appellee, for certain supposed libelous publications. The declaration and pleas are framed under the Act referred to.
*188Four exceptions were taken below, the first, upon the refusal of the court to allow the plaintiff to except to a…
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