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  "name": "Henry Feasler v. Charles Schriever",
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      "Henry Feasler v. Charles Schriever."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice McAllister\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nThis was case, for slander. Defendant was named in the summons and declaration as Charles Schriever, who pleaded in abatement as follows\n\u201c And the defendant, Charles Sohreber, against whom the plaintiff hath issued hisv said writ, and declared thereon by the name of Charles Sehriever, in his own person comes and says that he is named and called Charles Sehreber, and by that name and surname hath always, from the time of his nativity, hitherto been named and called; without this that the said Charles Sehreber is not, nor never was, named and called by the name of Charles Sehriever, as by the said writ and declaration thereon founded is supposed; and this said Charles Sehreber is ready to verify; wherefore he prays judgment that the said writ and declaration be quashed.\nCharles Schreber.\u201d\nThe plaintiff demurred specially. The court overruled the demurrer, and the plaintiff electing to abide by his demurrer, judgment was given for defendant. The case is brought to this court by writ of error.\nBy the introduction of the words \u201cand the defendant,\u201d the defendant has admitted himself to be the person sued. This, according to the authorities, renders the plea bad. Roberts v. Moore, 5 Term R. 487. In that case, Lord Kenyon, Chief Justice, said: \u201cThe court can not hold too strict a hand over these sorts of pleadings, which are calculated to defeat the justice of the case. If indeed a plea in abatement be drawn correctly, the court can not deprive the defendant of the benefit of it. But if there be the least inaccuracy in it, it can not be supported.\u201d Now the defendant, by introducing the word \u201csaid,\u201d has admitted himself to be the person sued, and, according to th\u00e9 case last cited, it is bad. To the same effect is Hyde v. Watson, 1 Denio, 670. Here the misnomer is as to the defendant\u2019s surname. The form of the plea is not adapted to such a case. See form, 3 Chit. Pl. 903.\nThe court erred in overruling plaintiff\u2019s demurrer to the plea, and for this error the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.\nJudgment reversed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice McAllister"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Mr. Wm. Winkelman, for the plaintiff in error."
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    "head_matter": "Henry Feasler v. Charles Schriever.\n1. Abatement\u2014plea in, for misnomer. A plea in abatement by a defendant for a misnomer as to his surname, which commences: \u201cand the defendant, against whom, etc., in his own person comes and says,\u201d etc., will be an admission by him that he is the person sued, and will render the plea bad on demurrer.\n3. Same\u2014strictest accuracy required, in pleas in. Pleas in abatement being calculated to defeat justice, are required to be drawn with strict accuracy even as to form, and if there be the least inaccuracy in them, they can not be supported.\nWrit of Error to the Circuit Court of Washington county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding.\nMr. Wm. Winkelman, for the plaintiff in error."
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