Harrison v. Jurgielewiez

Plaintiff, a druggist at the comer of Magazine and Thalia streets, sues the defendant, a druggist on the opposite comer, for twenty thousand dollars damages for slander and libel. He alleges that on the night of the thirtieth of July, 1872, the large and handsome gilt mortar on the post in front of defendant’s drug-store, used as a sign, was ruined by'having some acid or discoloring matter thrown on it, which gave it a very ridiculous appearance; that petitioner had nothing to do with committing this nuisance and knew nothing about it until the next morning, when his attention was called to…