Quick v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna county: Of January Term 1883, No. 80. This was an action oil the case, in slander, by Temperance Quick, against Susan Miller and Lewis B. Miller, her husband, for slanderous words spoken by the wife.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna county: Of January Term 1883, No. 80. This was an action oil the case, in slander, by Temperance Quick, against Susan Miller and Lewis B. Miller, her husband, for slanderous words spoken by the wife. The declaration complained of “ Susan Miller and L. B. Miller, her husband, the defendant in this suit,” and was in three counts, the first averring that “ the defendant,” and the second and third, that “the said Susan Miller, did speak, utter and with a loud voice publish and proclaim the following false, scandalous and defamatory words ”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The plaintiff in the declaration, “ complains of Susan Miller and L. B. Miller, her husband, the defendant in this suit,” for that the said Susan Miller did speak, utter and publish certain false, scandalous and defamatory words of and concerning the plaintiff. Each count avers that the defamatory words therein set forth, were spoken and published by the said Susan Miller, but does not allege that said words were uttered without the direction and not in the presence of her husband, said L. B. Miller. The defendants pleaded, “ Rot guilty, with leave to justify.” A verdict was rendered for the…
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