Barger v. Hood
West Virginia Supreme Court
Questions Certified from Circuit Court, Mineral County. Action for statutory libel by W. H. Barger against E. E. Iiood, Frank J. Payne, and others. Demurrer to declaration overruled, and two special pleas allowed to be filed, and two other special pleas rejected and rulings certified.
1Opinion of the Court
Rm, Judge:
The action of the Circuit Court of Mineral County in overruling a demurrer to a declaration for statutory libel, and in permitting two special pleas to be filed, and rejecting two o.ther special pleas, is certified to this Court for its judgment thereon.
The suit is brought against three defendants, to-wit, Frank J. Payne, E. E. Hood, and the Echo Company, a corporatoin, and charges the publication of an article which from the usual construction and common acceptation of the words used therein are construed as insults, and tend to violence and breach of the peace. The demurrer to…
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