Tibbs v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county. This was an action of slander, for words spoken by the defendant, Lucinda Tibbs, concerning Lavinia Brown, one of the plaintiffs. The words charged were, “ you are an old whore, you had better go and sleep with Jack Webster again.”
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Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county. This was an action of slander, for words spoken by the defendant, Lucinda Tibbs, concerning Lavinia Brown, one of the plaintiffs. The words charged were, “ you are an old whore, you had better go and sleep with Jack Webster again.” The defendant pleaded “not guilty,” and the following special pleas: 1st. And the said defendants for further plea in this behalf, by leave of the court, further saith, that the said plaintiffs ought not to have and maintain their said action in this behalf, because they say, that the charges contained in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered September 27,1853, by
Lowrie, J.
— One wife slandered another, and the defence below was, that the husband, plaintiff, originated the slander against his own wife, and also, that he fraudulently led the defendant’s wife into the' publication of it; and there are two pleas to this effect, besides a general traverse. Under such circumstances, there should have been a verdict on each of these issues. Then, probably, the plaintiff would have had a verdict for damages on the general issue, and the special ones, would have been found in favor of the defendant.…
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