Legal Opinion
Graham v. Woodhull
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1804Published
This was an action brought against the defendant for saying that the plaintiff had been guilty of perjury. To this the defendant had pleaded the general issue, and a justification, setting forth a particular perjury committed in an examination before Thomas Cooper, Esq. one of the masters in chancery.
1Opinion of the Court
*623After some little conversation on the bench, in which it was conceived this practice might possibly lead to hunting for instances of perjury, the court granted the motion, on ^payment of costs, saying they could not [*498] make any distinction between actions of slander and other cases. [1]
Motion granted.
See Lent v. Butler, 3 Cow. 370; Williams v. Cooper, 1 Hill, 637.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lent v. ButlerNew York Supreme Court · 1824