Strader v. Snyder
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. Chatjncey L. Higbee, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the ease, by Benjamin T. Snyder, against Cassius M. Strader, Robert Myres, and Richard Cracraft, for a libel. The facts of the case appear in the opinion. A trial was had in the circuit court, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $215, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This was ease, brought in the McDonough circuit court by appellee against appellants, for an alleged libel published in a newspaper called the “ Macomb Eagle,” as it is claimed by the procurement of appellants, and imputing to appellee the charge of adultery with a negro woman, particularly described. The declaration contained four counts, each setting forth certain introductory matter to support the innuendo of adultery, as above stated, setting out the words, and averring that the words set out applied to such introductory matter, which were followed by said innuendo. The pleas were, the…
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