Brooks v. Collier
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States court for the Northern district. William M. Springer, Judge. Action of slander by W. M. Collier and J. N. Collier against J. E. Brooks. Judgment in favor of plaintiff, J. N. Collier. Defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the United States court for the Northern district. William M. Springer, Judge. Action of slander by W. M. Collier and J. N. Collier against J. E. Brooks. Judgment in favor of plaintiff, J. N. Collier. Defendant appeals. This was originally, an action for slander brought by appellee W. M. Collier agaist the appellant, J. E. Brooks, in the United States court for the Northern district of the Indian Territory, at the December term, 1897; Hon. William M. Springer, judge presiding. On the 16th day of November, 1897, the plaintiff W. M. Collier, one of the appellees here, filed his…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
While no specific assigment of errors has been made in this case, the appellant’s contention is made clear by his brief filed herein.
*476Misjoinder oí Parties. *475The first error complained of is that there could not be a joinder of two or more plaintiffs in an action for slander, like this; that in fact there was no joinder of plaintiffs by consent of the court. The record shows that in reply to appellant’s motion for a rule on appellee W. M. Collier to swear to the complaint, and appellant’s demurrer to appellee W. M. Collier’s complaint, appellee J. N. Collier filed a motion for leave to become…
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