Perry v. Porter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, with a count for libel, and others for slander. After the former decision, reported 121 Mass. 522, the case was tried in this court, before Soule, J., who, after a verdict for the defendant, allowed a bill of exceptions, the substance of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The plaintiff’s declaration contains thirteen counts for slander and a count for libel. Of the counts for slander he has furnished us with copies of the fifth, seventh and tenth only, and we assume that he now relies only upon these three counts.
At the close of the trial, the court ruled that there was no evidence to support the counts for slander. The correctness of this ruling presents the first question in the case.
The fifth count alleges that the defendant accused the plaintiff of the crime of larceny by words spoken of and concerning the *339plaintiff, substantially as follows: “ He (meaning…
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