Fuller v. Fenner
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment rendered against Mm at a special term, upon the verdict of a jury. The cause was tried at the Onondaga circuit in February, 1853, before W. F. Allen, justice.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Gridley, J.
This was an action for slander, by words imputing a want of chastity to the plaintiff, an unmarried female dependent on her labor for her support; in which the special damages alleged were, illness, with a consequent inability to labor and earn her living. ' After the plaintiff had closed her case, the counsel of the defendant moved the court for a nonsuit, on these grounds: 1. That no special damage of a pecuniary nature had been proved. 2. If special damages had been proved, that they were not shown to have been the natural and immediate consequence of the words…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bradt v. TowsleyNew York Supreme Court · 1835
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