Legal Opinion
Ewald v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 13, 1939No. 7147PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff, a married woman, charges that the defendants conspired to defame her by causing a false charge of adultery to be made against her' in a divorce suit. Like conduct has been held actionable as defamation. Rice v. Coolidge, 121 Mass. 393, 23 Am.Rep. 279. The District of ■Columbia Code 1 subjects to criminal prosecution and civil action one who “wrongfully accuses, any woman of unchastity.” Irrespective of the principles of defamation, this statute covers the type of conduct charged here. But one of the defendants is plaintiff’s husband. The District Court…
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- Abbott v. AbbottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1877
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