Carpenter v. Ashley
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. W. B. Nutter, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
Action for slander. Plaintiff complained that defendant, on January 23 and 24, 1901, spoke and published certain defamatory words of and concerning plaintiff, in the presence and hearing of divers persons, to his damage in the sum of $10,000.
Defendant denied, in his answer, that he uttered the words attributed to him or any words other than as defendant set forth; that they were spoken under circumstances which he described and while defendant, as district attorney, was prosecuting one Ennis in a justice’s court, whom plaintiff was defending, and that the language used by defendant had its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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