Legal Opinion
Lent v. Butler
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1824PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Slander, for charging the plaintiff with stealing goods, Plea, the general issue, with notice that the defendant, on trial, would prove the truth of the words spoken, in his justification, And now,
1Opinion of the Court
The Court
were clear with the counsel for the plaintiff, , . , . , , . . j mat, for these reasons, the motion must be denied; and Woodworth, J. said, that this application was even a still farther aggravation of the slander; for the defendant says, in his affidavit, “ the charge which 1 advanced against the plaintiff is true; but by reason of Palmer's absence, alone, I am, unfortunately, not able to prove it.,?
Motion denied.
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