Langton v. Hagerty
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. Action for slander. The complaint states five counts or causes of action, cbarging the speaking of the same words, substantially, but at different times, and in the presence and hearing of different persons. The introductory averments and the innuendoes are the same in each. Hence, a perusal of one count will show the structure of the whole complaint.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. Action for slander. The complaint states five counts or causes of action, cbarging the speaking of the same words, substantially, but at different times, and in the presence and hearing of different persons. The introductory averments and the innuendoes are the same in each. Hence, a perusal of one count will show the structure of the whole complaint. The first cause of action is as follows: “ That on or about the 12th day of October, 1872, at the city of Green Bay in said Brown county, the defendant, wilfully and maliciously designing and…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
L It is objected that the complaint fails to state *158a cause of action because it fails to state anything by way of inducement to show the meaning of the alleged slanderous words. It seems to be claimed that it should be stated in the complaint that one Michael Nehill was killed, and that in a conversation of and concerning the killing of said Nehill, the defendant spoke the words complained of. If the complaint shows that the defendant charged that the plaintiff had committed the crimes of murder and of larceny, it states a cause of action, although it fails to show' who was murdered or who…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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