Williamson v. Eckhoff
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lion. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in admitting against the objections and exceptions of defendant the evidence to show that prior to the alleged speaking by the defendant of the words charged in the petition the plaintiff bore a general good character and a good character for morality and chastity.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lion. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in admitting against the objections and exceptions of defendant the evidence to show that prior to the alleged speaking by the defendant of the words charged in the petition the plaintiff bore a general good character and a good character for morality and chastity. Odgers on Libel and Slander (4 Ed.), 366; Townshend on Slander and Libel (4 Ed.), 645, 646; Newell on Slander and Libel (2 Ed.), 823; Jones on Evidence (2 Ed.), sec. 158; Hitchcock v. Moore, 70 Mich. 112; Harbison v. Shook, 41…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is an action for slander. The petition charges that the defendant “contriving wickedly, maliciously and falsely, to ruin and defame the plaintiff in her good name and reputation, and to bring her into disgrace and infamy, did, on the 26th day of July, 1911, in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, in the presence and hearing of Jesse Burke, and various other good people of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, while directly facing the plaintiff and shaking his finger at her, then and there, falsely and maliciously speak and publish of and concerning the plaintiff and of and…
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