Botelar v. Bell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
This appeal is brought from Washington county court, and is in an action of slander, brought by the appellee against the appellant. The words spoken, were, that the plaintiff below was insolvent, he at the time being a miller. The defendant pleaded the general issue, justification, and act of limitations. Verdict was for the plaintiff. Exceptions by the defendant. 1st. Exception.
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This appeal is brought from Washington county court, and is in an action of slander, brought by the appellee against the appellant. The words spoken, were, that the plaintiff below was insolvent, he at the time being a miller. The defendant pleaded the general issue, justification, and act of limitations. Verdict was for the plaintiff. Exceptions by the defendant. 1st. Exception. Because the plaintiff was permitted to give to the jury, declarations at various times, and some of them more than twelve months before the institution of the suit, made by the defendant of the plaintiff in regard to…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This is an action of slander, brought by the appellee for word spoken by the appellant, imputing to him insolvency, he then conducting the business of a miller. The defendant pleaded the general issue, justification, and limitations. The action was brought on the 8th of August 1849.
The first question for the consideration of this court is, that presented by defendant’s first exception. To inflame the malice, the county court permitted the plaintiff to give evidence of other declarations, made by the plaintiff more than a year prior to the institution of the suit; and the question is, did the…
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