Donahue v. Murray
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 47 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— Act of January 13, 1867, Sess. Acts, p. 5. Civil Code, sec. 15. Act of February 9, 1858. 1 Met., 566-7; Tipton vs. Chambers. 12 Ben. Mon., 421; Miller vs. Yocum. 2 .Rev.
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CASE 47 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— Act of January 13, 1867, Sess. Acts, p. 5. Civil Code, sec. 15. Act of February 9, 1858. 1 Met., 566-7; Tipton vs. Chambers. 12 Ben. Mon., 421; Miller vs. Yocum. 2 .Rev. Stat., sec. 2, 527, and Act Feb. 5, 1866, Myers' Sup., 771. 2 Met., 269; Bakewell vs. Howell. 3 lb., 321-2 ; Revill vs. Pettitt. 3 Peters, 34; Garden vs. Ogden. 4 J. J. M., 242; Mills vs. Couchman. 5 Dana, 596; Williams vs. Wilson. 7 Dana, 168; Bassett vs. Oldham. 3 Met., 77 ; Burbage vs. Squires.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court:
The appellee, Pat. Murray, sued the appellant, Elizabeth Donahue, before a justice of the peace of Jefferson county, for damages laid at ninety dollars, for imputed slander; and having recovered judgment for fifty dollars and costs, she appealed to the court of common pleas of said county, which dismissed her appeal for supposed want of jurisdiction; and this appeal to this court brings up that judgment of dismission for revision.
Whatever may have been the previous law on this subject, we consider it changed and fixed in favor of the…
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