Irwin v. Ashurst

This is an action to recover damages against the defendants who are alleged to’have conspired to defame the character of the plaintiff. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case in chief, the motion of the defendant Ashurst for nonsuit was allowed, but the cause was submitted to the jury as to the other defendants, resulting in a verdict in their favor. From the judgments of dismissal, the plaintiff appeals.

The facts out of which this action arose are as follows : The plaintiff was a witness for the State in a criminal action being tried in the circuit court for Klamath county, wherein one…