Orr v. Skofield
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions. Case, for that whereas the plaintiff is, and from his youth has been, of good reputation among his neighbors and follow citizens, for honesty and propriety of conduct, and hath been wholly free from the atrocious crime of stealing, and hath never been convicted or suspected to have been guilty of that crime, and for more than ten years last past hath been master of a vessel, ¡and entrusted by the owners thereof with the command, care and control of the same,…
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On Exceptions. Case, for that whereas the plaintiff is, and from his youth has been, of good reputation among his neighbors and follow citizens, for honesty and propriety of conduct, and hath been wholly free from the atrocious crime of stealing, and hath never been convicted or suspected to have been guilty of that crime, and for more than ten years last past hath been master of a vessel, ¡and entrusted by the owners thereof with the command, care and control of the same, and was, during the year 1867, master of a ship called Rising Sun, and had the care, command and control of said ship,…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The plaintiff is a shipmaster, and has brought this action against the defendant for saying of him, " that he sold the consignment of the ship Rising Sun, (of which he was then master,) and pocketed the money,” "by means of which false and scandalous words,” the plaintiff "has been much injured in his business as shipmaster, and has *487been thrown out of employment, suffered great anxiety of mind, and has lost situations 'and employment in the command of divers vessels which he would otherwise have received, and by which he would have earned large sums of money,” &c., &o.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fowles v. . BowenNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
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- Picard v. BrennanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Boulet v. BealsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1962
- Moore v. RolinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Niehoff v. SahagianSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
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