Harrison v. Pool

This was an action for damages based upon an alleged libel of the plaintiff by the defendant, and general and special damages were alleged. The libel consisted of a sign posted upon the land of the defendant and which could be seen by the public (as admitted in the answer), on which were these words: “Notice. Oscar Harrison and family stay off my land. You liar and thief let this alone. W. G. Pool.” The plaintiff’s demurrer, in the form of a written motion to strike, attacked the legal sufficiency of the defendant’s answer, on various general and special grounds,; and this motion was…