Lucas v. Case
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED St. Luke, chapter 7, verse 45. St. Matthew, chap. 12, verse 37; chap. 24, verse 3. Josephus, chap. 11, sec. 5. Millennial Harbinger, vol. 5, p. 58. 4 Watts, 459, Rogers v. Hall. 2Starkie, 33. CITED 6 Bacon’s Abridgment, 344, 348. 2 Greenleaf’s Evidence, sec. 419. 3 Howard, s. p. 284, White v. Nichols. 5 Johnson, s. p. 530, Thom v. Blanchard. 1 Hilliard on Torts, 318, 319, 328, 329, 330. 1 B. Mon. 169,…
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Case 22 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED St. Luke, chapter 7, verse 45. St. Matthew, chap. 12, verse 37; chap. 24, verse 3. Josephus, chap. 11, sec. 5. Millennial Harbinger, vol. 5, p. 58. 4 Watts, 459, Rogers v. Hall. 2Starkie, 33. CITED 6 Bacon’s Abridgment, 344, 348. 2 Greenleaf’s Evidence, sec. 419. 3 Howard, s. p. 284, White v. Nichols. 5 Johnson, s. p. 530, Thom v. Blanchard. 1 Hilliard on Torts, 318, 319, 328, 329, 330. 1 B. Mon. 169, Hart v. Reed. 3 B. Mon. 259, Shannon v. Frost. 2 Bush, 347, Watson v. Avery. 8 Barbour, 144, Robertson v. Bullion. 4 Barr’s…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion op the court.
In this action for a libel appellant alleges in his petition that appellees published of and concerning him a defamatory libel, containing, among other things, the following false, scandalous, malicious, defamatory, and libelous matter, to wit: “ He (the plaintiff meaning) has been guilty of using improper and unchaste language to sister Permelia Florence, and we recommend that the fellowship of the church be withdrawn from him,” the plaintiff; whereby he was greatly injured in his good name, etc., and was brought into disgrace, infamy, and…
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