Binns v. Stokes
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Kemper county; Hon. John Watts, judge. This was an action instituted in the circuit court of Kemper county, by Edward Stokes against Joseph Binns, for a libel published by Binns in an advertisement in a newspaper called the Columbus Democrat, in advertising a negro boy, who had run away’from defendant Binns, in which he stated that he had reasons to fear that the negro was stolen by a man named Edward Stokes, and then.gave his reasons for…
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In error from the circuit court of Kemper county; Hon. John Watts, judge. This was an action instituted in the circuit court of Kemper county, by Edward Stokes against Joseph Binns, for a libel published by Binns in an advertisement in a newspaper called the Columbus Democrat, in advertising a negro boy, who had run away’from defendant Binns, in which he stated that he had reasons to fear that the negro was stolen by a man named Edward Stokes, and then.gave his reasons for saying so; first, that Stokes had been seen with the boy on several occasions when no other white person was near; and,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This action was brought by the plaintiff below in the circuit court of Kemper county, to recover damages on account of an alleged libel published by the defendant below, charging that he had “reasons to fear that his slave had been stolen” by the plaintiff.
The first error to which our attention has been called by the brief of the counsel for the plaintiff in error is, that the court below allowed the'plaintiff to go to trial without replying to the defendant’s answer in bar. There is a replication in the record which was manifestly intended to respond to the • several answers of the…
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