Ramsay v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tlie Circuit Court of Charles City county in an action of trespass on the case in libel. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Cardwell, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*689This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Charles City county, rendered in an action brought by Hugh L. Harrison, under section 2897 of the Code (commonly spoken of as the anti-dueling act) to recover of the defendant, -Mrs. Clarise H. Ramsay, damages for insulting words.
The damaging words spoken of and concerning the plaintiff by the defendant are charged in his amended declaration to have been unlawfully and maliciously uttered in a letter written by the defendant to him and published to the Commonwealth’s attorney ' of…
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