Mains v. Whiting
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun. (Hooker, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Champlin, 0. J.
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for verbal slander.
The original declaration set out the words declared to be defamatory, as follows: “You are the dirty sewer through which all the slums of this embezzlement have flowed;” and again, “You are the dirty sewer through which all the slums of this embezzlement have been forced;” and again, “If that $20 had been turned over *173to .you or to Van Wagner, the company would never have seen 20 cents of it.”
It is not necessary to set out in detail the terms of the' original declaration, for the reason that defendant demurred,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pollard v. LyonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Fowles v. . BowenNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- People v. M'KayNew York Supreme Court · 1820
- Larrabee v. Minnesota Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- McKee v. . WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
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