Cooper v. Perry

Words laid are “ You are a member of the Pony Club ” Demurrer. 1st. That tire words are not actionable in themselves, as they do not charge a specific crime. 2d. That there being no special damage laid with a per quod, the action must fail. Replied by counsel, that tire words do import, in the common vulgar acceptation, as distinct a coarse of crime, as if the defendant had said plaintiff had stolen horses, and by implication they do, in effect, make out that crime.

The rulo now is. that words are not to be construed in their most harmless sense, but they are to be understood in their most…