Perkins v. Walker
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass on the Case for slanderous words. In the first and second counts the slanderous words declared upon purported to charge the plaintiff with having stolen cloth. In the third count the slanderous words purported to charge the plaintiff with having stolen cloth, in the possession of the defendant, belonging to one Atwood.
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Trespass on the Case for slanderous words. In the first and second counts the slanderous words declared upon purported to charge the plaintiff with having stolen cloth. In the third count the slanderous words purported to charge the plaintiff with having stolen cloth, in the possession of the defendant, belonging to one Atwood. And in the fourth and fifth counts the slanderous words purported to charge the plaintiff with having stolen cloth, in the possession of the defendant, belonging to one Jenny. Plea, the general issue, with notice that the defendant would give in evidence, in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
There is but a single question in this case, and that is one of very considerable importance. The inquiry is, was the county court correct, in instructing the jury, that the record given in evidence, in connection with the facts admitted on trial, was conclusive as to the title of the cloth, and also upon the defendant, in regard to the defence assumed under his notice 1
The case shows, that the speaking of the words, which is attempted to be justified, was of and concerning the stealing of the same identical cloth, which was sued for in the…
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- Fowler v. HaitNew York Supreme Court · 1813
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