Hellstern v. Katzer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from, an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JohNSON, Circuit Judge. Action for falsely, maliciously, and with, intent to injure plaintiff in bis profession of priest, speaking of and concerning him, in the German language, certain words alleged to be slanderous.
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Appeal from, an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JohNSON, Circuit Judge. Action for falsely, maliciously, and with, intent to injure plaintiff in bis profession of priest, speaking of and concerning him, in the German language, certain words alleged to be slanderous. The allegations of the complaint as to the meaning of the excerpts from defendant’s discourse complained of are as follows: “ (1) Thereby intending to convey, and did convey, unto the persons there present in said church, to the number of two or three hundred, that said plaintiff was an irresponsible and…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to a complaint for slander, alleging, in effect, that the plaintiff is a Catholic priest at Barton, in Washington county; that the defendant is the Catholic archbishop for the diocese of Milwaukee, and as such was and is. *394greatly respected by tbe believers in the Catholic faith; that the defendant, for the sole purpose of injuring the plaintiff in his profession as such priest, and with intent to hold him up to public odium and ridicule, did, October 2, 1896, at the Catholic church in West Bend, being at the time filled with a large…
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