Mulvaney v. Burroughs
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cherokee District Court. — Hon. F. K. Gaynor, Judge. Action for libel and slander. The first count of tbe petition charged libel and the second slander. Various defenses were interposed by defendant, and upon trial to a jury a verdict was returned for defendant on the first count of the petition, and for the plaintiff on the second. The damages were fixed at $900, and from a judgment for that amount defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
As the jury found for defendant on the charge of libel, we need only consider the case insofar as the alleged slander is concerned. The charge is that defendant said in the presence and hearing of the members of the city council of Oherokee, Iowa, the mayor, the city clerk, the marshal, and many citizens of the city;
*441That he, Burroughs, had discovered that the case between himself and the city of Cherokee, Iowa, was reversed in the Supreme Court, because of deception and fraud practiced on said court and because of forgery, that he had discovered that ‘Exhibit A,’ shown in appellant’s abstract…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Morse v. Times-Republican Printing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Dively v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
- Burroughs v. City of CherokeeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Connell v. Keokuk Electric Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Hollenbeck v. RistineSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
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