Leonard v. Pope

The defendant in error, a married woman, sued plaintiff in error in slander, the declaration setting forth in separate counts two slanderous charges. The first count was for a charge imputing unchastity. The second was for a charge of theft and dishonesty.

It appeared by the proofs that she was the wife of one Edgar Pope. Charges were asked and refused, claiming that she could not recover in this action: first, because her husband did not join with her; and, second, because the marriage was proved by repute and not by strict proof.

These objections were frivolous. It was decided in Berger v.…