Demeritt v. Mills
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for slander of the wife by the wife. Facts found by a referee. The plaintiffs were husband and wife, and the defendants were husband and wife. The alleged slanderous words were uttered by the defendant wife, in the absence and without the knowledge of the husband. The referee found the defendants guilty, and awarded the plaintiffs damages. The defendants moved in arrest of judgment for misjoinder.
1Opinion of the CourtStanley, J.
The husbands were improperly joined. Harris v. Webster, 58 N. H. 481. The misjoinder was apparent from the writ, and might have been taken advantage of by plea, motion to quash, or demurrer. Ch. Pl. *12, 13, 20, 22, 452; Eames v. Carlisle, 3 N. H. 130; Crawford v. Crawford, 44 N. H. 428. Whether this objection should have been taken within the time limited for filing pleas in abatement we need not now decide, for the defect was one which, if taken at any time before judgment, could be cured by amendment — Gen. St., c. 207, ss. 8 and 9; and, as it is manifest the misjoinder could not have…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harris v. WebsterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1878
3Cited by2 opinions
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