Steever v. Beehler
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
THIS was an action of slander, tried before Jones, J. The verdict was for tlie plaintiff, and the defendant moved for a new trial.
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THIS was an action of slander, tried before Jones, J. The verdict was for tlie plaintiff, and the defendant moved for a new trial. The rule was argued at length by Authorities cited on the argument, were; Underwood v. Parke, 2 Strange 1200; Starkie on Slander 326; Kennedy v. Gregory, 1 Minn. 87; Morris v. Duane, 1 Binn. 90, note; Smith v, Bticeeker, 4 Rawle 295 ; Rules D. C., No. 36 ; Graham on New Trials; 3 Starkie’s Ev. {Metcalf) 1460; 2 Saunders’s PI. and Ev. 387, and cases therein cited; Leicester t>, Walter, 2 Camp. 251 ; Waithman v. Weaver, U. & R. 10, per Abbot, C. J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court (which states all the facts) was delivered by
Stroud, J.
This is an action on the case for slander. The declaration contains three counts, in one of which the words are laid to be these; “ You are a villain and a swindler, and you conspired with others to cheat me.” The other counts are substantially the same, varying however suficiently to show that the proof, which was made by three witnesses, referred to three distinct utterances. The parties met at the store of one of the witnesses, when the defendant addressed the plaintiff, in the presence of this witness only : “…
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