Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Manchester Passenger Railway Co. v. McCurdy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October Term, 1886, No. 109. This was an action on the case brought by H. B. McCurdy against the Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Manchester Passenger Railway Company, and Charles P. Sorg, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him, by reason of a libellous notice posted by the defendants, of and concerning him. The defendants pleaded “ not guilty.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October Term, 1886, No. 109. This was an action on the case brought by H. B. McCurdy against the Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Manchester Passenger Railway Company, and Charles P. Sorg, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him, by reason of a libellous notice posted by the defendants, of and concerning him. The defendants pleaded “ not guilty.” The facts of the case, as they appeared on the trial before Collier, J., are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. :On the trial the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The plaintiff in this case, H. B. McCurdy, was in January 1885, employed as a conductor on the cars of the Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Manchester Passenger Railway Company; and, on the 13th May, 1885, was discharged from that employment. Subsequently, complaints were made that he still claimed the right to ride on the company’s cars, on tickets to which employés only were entitled; whereupon, the company posted, in the room temporarily used as a waiting room, a notice containing the alleged libellous matter complained of, in the following form: — “H. B. McCurdy has been discharged for failing…
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