Merker v. Belleville Distillery Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case. Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in case, by plaintiff in error against defendants in error, in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County.
The record discloses that on December 29,1899, plaintiff in error filed in the St. Clair Circuit Court, his declaration consisting of two counts, against defendants in error. The gravamen in these counts is libel. To these counts, defendants in error, on January 11, 1900, filed two pleas: not guilty and Statute of Limitations; and on January 19th filed a plea of privileged communication; on the 23rd plaintiff replied…
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