Briggs v. Garrett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 209. This was an action .of trespass on the casé brought by Amos Briggs against Philip C. Garrett for libel.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 209. This was an action .of trespass on the casé brought by Amos Briggs against Philip C. Garrett for libel. The plaintiff in his narr. set out with appropriate innuendoes the libellous matter, to wit: A letter written by T. J. Love-grove to defendant as president of the committee of one hundred, charging that the defendant did falsely and maliciously publish, procure and cause to be published of and concerning the plaintiff, and of and concerning the plaintiff in his official capacity to wit: A…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was an action for a libel. The plaintiff was nonsuited in the court below and this writ of error was taken to the refusal of the court to take it off.
*409It is necessary to an intelligent discussion of the law of the ease that we should premise it by au accurate statement of the facts. I take them as given by the plaintiff in his history of the case, or proved by his witnesses upon the trial.
■During the year 1882, the plaintiff.was an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, for the County of Philadelphia. In the month of September of that year, he was nominated for re-election…
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