Sheridan v. Sheridan
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action for slander. Heard on demurrer to the declaration, June Term, 1885, Walker, J., presiding. Demurrer pro forma overruled and declaration adjudged sufficient.
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Action for slander. Heard on demurrer to the declaration, June Term, 1885, Walker, J., presiding. Demurrer pro forma overruled and declaration adjudged sufficient. The declaration was, in part: “ Whereas the said Thomas Sheridan and the said Mary Sheridan, were heretofore, to wit: on the 4th day of February, A. D. 18G6, at Dorset, aforesaid, duly and lawfully married, and thence hitherto have lived together as husband and wife, and as such husband and wife have had born to them, in lawful wedlock divers children, to wit: Mary Ann, aged fifteen years, Sarah, aged thirteen years, Anna, aged…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yeazey, J.
This case stands on general demurrer to the declaration. Objection is taken to the first count that the innuendo is not warranted by the language charged to have been uttered.
It is, as argued, not the office of an innuendo 'to extend, but simply to explain the meaning of the words used. In Sabin v. Angell, 46 Vt. 740, the holding was that it may be fairly said that an innuendo is used to point the meaning of the words used in view of the occasion and circumstances, and such extraneous matters as appear from the declaration. It operates in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Woodward v. FrenchSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
- Nichols v. PackardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844
- Sabin v. AngellSupreme Court of Vermont · 1874
- Merritt v. DearthSupreme Court of Vermont · 1875
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