Beehler v. Steever
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Of a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, it appeared that Henry D. Steever brought an action on the case for slander, against Tobias Beehler, to the term of September, 1833. The first count of the declaration charged the defendant wi< speaking the following words to the plaintiff: “ You are a villa! and a swindler, and you conspired with others to cheat me.”
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Of a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, it appeared that Henry D. Steever brought an action on the case for slander, against Tobias Beehler, to the term of September, 1833. The first count of the declaration charged the defendant wi< speaking the following words to the plaintiff: “ You are a villa! and a swindler, and you conspired with others to cheat me.” The second count laid the words to be spoken of the plaintiff, “ He is a villain and a swindler,” &c. In the third count the words were thus laid ; “You are a cheat, a villain and a swindler, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This is an action of slander, for falsely and maliciously uttering the following words : “You are a villain and a swindler, and you conspired with others to cheat me.” And in another count, “'You are a damned villain and a swindler, and you conspired with others, to cheat and swindle me out of my money.” The plaintiff gave in evidence the speaking of the words laid in the declaration, with evidence of the violent conduct of the defendant, and then asked the following question: “ Wha.t was the general size and build of Mr. Beehler’s person1?”…
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