Campbell v. Chamberlain
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. . ACTION on an attachment bond. Plaintiff claims to have sustained damages by reason of tbe defendants wrongfully suing out an attachment against bis property; and in bis petition alleges that tbe same vras wrongfully, willfully and maliciously sued out, and for tbe purpose of causing it to be believed in the neighborhood that plaintiff was not an honest and reliable man; that in consequence of tbe issuing of said attachment, be has been…
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Appeal from Jones District Court. . ACTION on an attachment bond. Plaintiff claims to have sustained damages by reason of tbe defendants wrongfully suing out an attachment against bis property; and in bis petition alleges that tbe same vras wrongfully, willfully and maliciously sued out, and for tbe purpose of causing it to be believed in the neighborhood that plaintiff was not an honest and reliable man; that in consequence of tbe issuing of said attachment, be has been injured in bis standing and repútation in society, to Ms damage in the sum of nine hundred dollars. Defendants specifically…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwiN, J.
The first assignment of error is: That the District Court erred in overruling the objections made by defendants to certain questions propounded by plaintiff to his witnesses. It appears that upon the trial the plaintiff introduced one John Helmer as his witness, and asked whether the issuing of the attachment had injured the standing and credit of the plaintiff; and what he had heard Campbell say in regard to getting plaintiff in the penitentiary, since or about the commencement of this suit; to which questions defendants objected, which objections were *339overruled by the court. It docs not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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