Legal Opinion
Kovar v. Bremer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 9, 1938PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
Plaintiff H. Kovar on June 21, 1931 was engaged as pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church which is a country church located north of Metropolis in Massac county. This church is a member of the Illinois district of the American Lutheran Church.
Twenty-four of the defendants are members of the church, defendant A. R. Seemon was an ordained minister of the same denomination and the remaining defendant, August Borman was a layman and not affiliated with the church.
Plaintiff instituted this suit against the 26 defendants charging them with a conspiracy to slander and libel him thereby…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Economy Light & Power Co. v. HillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Baker v. YoungIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Stallings v. FinneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession v. Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Dreieinigkeits Gemeinde Ungeaenderter Augsburgische ConfessionIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Randall Dairy Co. v. Pevely Dairy Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1934
3Cited by6 opinions
- National Gas Appliance Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Ab Electrolux, a Swedish CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- Brictson v. WoodroughCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- Coffey v. MacKayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Commercial Products Corp. v. BriegelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Doctors Convalescent Center, Inc. v. East Shore Newspapers, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1968
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