Peterson v. Sentman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford Comity, This was an action of slander brought by the appellee against the appellant in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, and removed at the instance of the latter to Harford County. The declaration averred : For that, whereas, the said plaintiff is a good, honest, true and faithful citizen of the State of Maryland, and as such hath always behaved and conducted herself.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford Comity, This was an action of slander brought by the appellee against the appellant in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, and removed at the instance of the latter to Harford County. The declaration averred : For that, whereas, the said plaintiff is a good, honest, true and faithful citizen of the State of Maryland, and as such hath always behaved and conducted herself. And for that, whereas also the plaintiff is a feme sole, and a housekeeper, and hath always been a virtuous, modest and chaste citizen, and until the committing of the grievances…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
The first and principal question presented upon this appeal, is one of pleading. The declaration after averring that the plaintiff is a feme sole, and a housekeeper, and has always been a virtuous, modest and chaste citizen, &c., alleges that in a certain discourse in and about the plaintiff’s character and reputation for chastity, the *153defendant falsely, scandalously and maliciously spoke and published of her character and reputation for chastity, the following words: “you,” (meaning the plaintiff,) “are a bad woman, and keep a bad house, and 1 can prove it,” meaning thereby to charge that…
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