Shaffer v. Kintzer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. T HIS was a writ of error to the common pleas of Berks county. The action below was brought by Kintzer against Shaffer, for slander; and in the declaration, the slanderous words were laid in four counts.
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In Error. T HIS was a writ of error to the common pleas of Berks county. The action below was brought by Kintzer against Shaffer, for slander; and in the declaration, the slanderous words were laid in four counts. The first count charged, that whereas an action, for a demand not exceeding 100 dollars, was depending between a certain Christian Zerbe and the said Kintzer, before Daniel Ludwig, esquire, one of the commonwealth’s j'ustices of the peace, which action came to be tried on the 24th December 1805, before the said D. Ludwig, then and there having full power and authority to try, &c.;…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This cause comes before us on a writ of error to Berks county. It is an action of slander brought by Kintzer the defendant in error, against Shaffer the plaintiff in error. The declaration contains four counts. The jury found a general verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed entire damages; and judgment was entered on that verdict. The error assigned is, that the matters set forth in the third and fourth counts, constitute no legal cause of action; and that is the point for our decision.
In the third count it is declared that whereas the plaintiff did, on the application of the…
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