Gibson v. Gibson

This was an action for defamation, by words imputing to the plaintiff, a female, want of chastity, or charging her with being a common prostitute. "When the action was commenced, the plaintiff was unmarried and under twenty-one years of age. She afterwards married the son of the defendant. After answer, the defendant and the husband of plaintiff applied, by sworn petition and affidavit, to the circuit court where the action was pending, stating or representing that the plaintiff was then over twenty-one years of age, and was the wife of one of the petitioners, and ashing that the title of the…