Owen v. McKean
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action on the case for slander brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, in the Grundy Circuit Court, Catón, Judge, and tried at the November term, 1847, before a jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff below for $200, on which judgment was entered. The defendant below sued out a writ of error. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtScates, J.
The declaration avers that Owen “ at Morris, in the county of Grundy,” charged McKean with swearing falsely. Plea, not guilty. On the trial McKean proved by several witnesses the speaking of the words in the county, but not in Morris; that on one or more occasions he had reference to a certain suit, by bill in chancery, in the county, brought by the county commissioners against him in relation to a road, as to whether it was a cart-way or a public highway.
Another witness stated that Owen had said in the town of Morris, that “ Mr. McKean has sworn to a lie, and I can prove it by the dockets,”…
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