Wilson v. . Goit
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. The plaintiff sued the defendant for alleged slanderous words spoken of his wife, imputing to her an act of incontinence, by which, as the plaintiff alleged, she was injured in her good name, See., and was made sick and diseased in her mind and body, and was unable to attend to her ordinary affairs and business, by which the plaintiff, for a time, lost her services, and was obliged to employ other assistance in his household affairs.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. The plaintiff sued the defendant for alleged slanderous words spoken of his wife, imputing to her an act of incontinence, by which, as the plaintiff alleged, she was injured in her good name, See., and was made sick and diseased in her mind and body, and was unable to attend to her ordinary affairs and business, by which the plaintiff, for a time, lost her services, and was obliged to employ other assistance in his household affairs. There was a general denial by the defendant of the allegations in the complaint. On the trial, the plaintiff gave evidence of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDenio, J.
In Terwilliger v. Wands, decided at the last term (page 54 ante), we determined, upon full consideration, that an action for words spoken of the plaintiff, imputing a want of chastity, in which, as in this case, special damages were required to be shown, could not be sustained by proving that the plaintiff in consequence of the effect upon his mind, occasioned by the words being reported to him, was made sick and unable to labor. We were of opinion that the law gave this action only for an injury to the plaintiff’s reputation, and that the pecuniary loss which is required to be shown, where…
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