Price v. Conway
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 8 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 328 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 49 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. \ On May 7, 1888, Kate Price issued capias in trespass, for libel, against Josephine M. Conway, filing a statement of claim which set out that the plaintiff was the proprietor of the Haven College of Short-hand and Type-writing Instruction, at 1322 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and that the defendant had…
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 8 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 328 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 49 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. \ On May 7, 1888, Kate Price issued capias in trespass, for libel, against Josephine M. Conway, filing a statement of claim which set out that the plaintiff was the proprietor of the Haven College of Short-hand and Type-writing Instruction, at 1322 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and that the defendant had caused to be published of and concerning the plaintiff, and of •and concerning her in her said occupation and business,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice McCollum :
The defendant having demurred to the declaration, all relevant matters well pleaded therein must be accepted as true: Wildee v. McKee, 111 Pa. 335.
The facts of the case, as we gather them from the declaration, are that the plaintiff, at the time of the committing of the grievances therein mentioned, was the proprietor of the Haven College. of Short-Hand and Type-Writing, located at 1322 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and was fully competent and authorized to teach the Haven system of short-hand. The defendant was the principal of a rival school, located at 1223…
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