Harbison v. Shook
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ ok Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Bock Island county; the Hon. Iba O. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case for slander, brought by Dyke-man Shook, in the Henderson Circuit Court, against Jesse S. Harbison. The declaration contained a number of counts, charging that defendant had accused plaintiff of having committed perjury, while others averred that he had charged him. with having sworn falsely.
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Writ ok Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Bock Island county; the Hon. Iba O. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case for slander, brought by Dyke-man Shook, in the Henderson Circuit Court, against Jesse S. Harbison. The declaration contained a number of counts, charging that defendant had accused plaintiff of having committed perjury, while others averred that he had charged him. with having sworn falsely. To the declaration, the defendant pleaded not guilty, and also a plea of justification. In the latter he avers that plaintiff did wickedly, willfully, corruptly swear…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action on the case for slander, brought by Dyke-man Shook, in the Henderson Circuit Court, against Jesse S. Harbison. The venue was afterward changed to Rock Island county, where a trial was had by the court and a jury, which resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $767.08; a motion for a new trial was entered and overruled by the court, and a judgment rendered on the verdict.
The declaration contains nine counts, in which it is averred, that plaintiff in error, falsely, wickedly and maliciously spoke of the plaintiff below, that, in a certain trial pending in the Henderson…
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