Stanley v. Inhabitants of Town
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages for alleged libel. John S. Williams, one of the defendants filed plea of general issue and brief statement. The other defendant, the inhabitants of- the town of Sangerville, filed a motion to dismiss as against said inhabitants, which motion was sustained by the presiding Justice, to which ruling the plaintiff excepted. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrill, J.
In his writ the plaintiff alleges that the inhabitants of the town of Sangerville and one John S. Williams did write and publish a libel imputing to .the plaintiff the crime of larceny, in a writ brought by the inhabitants of said Sangerville against the plaintiff; the alleged libelous language is contained in the declaration of that writ, which in the present writ is set out as follows:
“In a plea of trespass, for that the said defendant (meaning the plaintiff, Arthur Stanley) at said Sangerville, with force and arms took, carried away and stole one Armco metal culvert of the property, goods…
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- Reed v. Home Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Maynard v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
- Fogg v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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