Griffin v. Moore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The nature of this case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — After the plaintiffs had given evidence tending to prove that about the 1st of August, 1872, the defendant sent a man to the house of the plaintiff, Mrs. Griffin, stating it to be a house of ill-fame and kept by a Mrs. Burns, a whore, the plaintiffs moved to amend their declaration by substituting the name of “ Mrs. Burns” in the place of “Jack Dill,”…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The nature of this case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — After the plaintiffs had given evidence tending to prove that about the 1st of August, 1872, the defendant sent a man to the house of the plaintiff, Mrs. Griffin, stating it to be a house of ill-fame and kept by a Mrs. Burns, a whore, the plaintiffs moved to amend their declaration by substituting the name of “ Mrs. Burns” in the place of “Jack Dill,” wherever therein mentioned; the motion was granted and the amendment made. The trial was then proceeded with, until the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellants, plaintiffs below, sued the defendant, for slanderous words spoken by him, concerning the reputation for chastity of the plaintiff’s wife.
The declaration contains three counts. The first and third charges the defendant with saying publicly, in June, 1874, of the plaintiff’s wife, as she passed the defendant on the street, in the city of Baltimore, “ There goes that damned whore, Jack Dill, who ran away with my boy.”
The second count charges that the defendant, in the summer of 1872, sent a stranger to the house of the plaintiffs, saying to him at the time, that it was a “ house…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wagaman v. ByersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1861
- Nelson v. BondCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1843
- Kunkel v. SpoonerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1856
- Stanfield v. BoyerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1824
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- Blumhardt v. RohrCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Pollitt v. Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
- Schulze v. FoxCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880
- Sauerhoff v. Hearst CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1974
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