Williams v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Alabama
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Talladega. This was an action on the oase by. the defendants in error, for slanderous words spoken by the wife of the plaintiff in error of the wife of the defendant in error. •'The words charged in the declaration are, that the wife of defendant was “a whore.”
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Talladega. This was an action on the oase by. the defendants in error, for slanderous words spoken by the wife of the plaintiff in error of the wife of the defendant in error. •'The words charged in the declaration are, that the wife of defendant was “a whore.” The proof was, that plaintiff and defendant were making a settlement, and at its termination the latter asked the former if he was satisfied, who replied that he was, except in regard to a statement which defendant’s wife had made of his wife; whereupon defendant’s wife, who was present, became agitated,…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
The act of February 2d, 1839,making words actionable in themselves, which impute a want of chastity to any female person in this State, will certainly support this action, either upon the words as charged in the declaration, or those proved to have been spoken.
The words charged in the declaration and those proved to have been spoken are of equivalent import, both imputing a want of chastity in the person of whom they are spoken, and if it is sufficient to prove' the substance of the words charged will maintain the action.
It is stated in Buller’s N. P. 5, that it is sufficient to prove the…
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