Morasse v. Brochu
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for slander, by a physician against a Roman Oatbolie clergyman. Writ dated March 21, 1887. The declaration as amended was as follows: “The plaintiff says that, before the speaking of the words herein alleged be was, hitherto bad been, and still is a physician in regular practice in Southbridge, having the reasonable skill and qualification proper and necessary for the practice of that calling, business, and profession, and had always conducted himself therein with great…
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Tort for slander, by a physician against a Roman Oatbolie clergyman. Writ dated March 21, 1887. The declaration as amended was as follows: “The plaintiff says that, before the speaking of the words herein alleged be was, hitherto bad been, and still is a physician in regular practice in Southbridge, having the reasonable skill and qualification proper and necessary for the practice of that calling, business, and profession, and had always conducted himself therein with great diligence, industry, and propriety, and bad acquired and was acquiring thereby great gain and profit from the practice…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
1. The defendant contends that there is no sufficient averment of special damages. The averment in respect to the plaintiff’s loss of practice as a physician is, that members of the church and other persons have refused to have transactions with him, or to employ him in his profession, whereby he has been deprived of the profits, income, and emoluments thereof. The only omission of any needful averment which is suggested is, that the names of the persons who have ceased or refused to employ the plaintiff should have been set out.
Where there is merely an accusation of immorality, in words…
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