Brinsfield v. Howeth
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Wicomico County (Holland, J.) Plantiff’s 2nd Prayer. — If the jury shall find from the evidence that the defendant, in the town of Cambridge, Maryland, on or.about the month of April, 1905, in the presence and hearing of Wm.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Wicomico County (Holland, J.) Plantiff’s 2nd Prayer. — If the jury shall find from the evidence that the defendant, in the town of Cambridge, Maryland, on or.about the month of April, 1905, in the presence and hearing of Wm. N. Andrews and S. Spry Andrews, spoke of the plaintiff the words “She is a fast girl and not fit to teach school” or the words “She is a girl of loose character and not fit to teach school,” and meaning and imputing thereby a want of chastity in the plaintiff, and was so understood by said hearers, then their verdict must be for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
This is an action of slander in which the appellee recovered a judgment of four thousand dollars against the appellant in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County to which Court the case had been removed from Dorchester County where it was originally instituted. The plaintiff is a young unmarried woman, a resident of Dorchester County, and was engaged in teaching in the public schools of 'that county. Sections one and two of Article 88, Code 1904 provides that all words spoken falsely and maliciously touching the character or reputation for chastity of any woman, whether single, or married, and…
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