Ritchie v. Arnold
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for slander. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This was an action on the case for slander, brought by appellant against appellee.
Upon the trial the court peremptorily instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, denied the application of the plaintiff to take a non-suit, refused to send the jury to their room for deliberation and refused to allow the plaintiff to poll the jury. The ruling of the court on each one of the points mentioned is assigned for error.
The testimony offered on the trial shows that appellee is engaged in the banking business at Colfax, in McLean county; that there had been sent to him for collection, a…
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