Dedeaux v. King
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William: H. Hardy, Judge. Dedeaux, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below, and King, appellee, defendant there. Erom a judgment sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the declaration and dismissing the case plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts.
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Erom the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William: H. Hardy, Judge. Dedeaux, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below, and King, appellee, defendant there. Erom a judgment sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the declaration and dismissing the case plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The declaration alleges that appellee, King, was a manager of a municipal election, that appellant, Dedeaux, being a legally qualified voter of the municipality, asked appellee for a ballot in order to vote, whereupon appellee, King, said to the appellant,…
1Opinion of the Court
Caxhoon, T.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The statute (Code 1906, § 10) provides that “all words which from their usual construction and common acceptation are considered as insults and calculated to lead to- a breach of the peace shall be actionable,” etc. The declaration is for damages under that statute, and charges that on a day named “the regular election was being held in the municipality of Longbeach, Harrison county, Mississippi, for the regular election of municipal officers ; that defendant, King, was one of the managers of said election, and was performing the duties as…
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