Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Kichmond, rendered January 7, 1902, in an action of 'trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The defendant in error brought his action for defamation against the Sun.Lifé Assurance Company of Canada, and recovered a judgment for $750 damages. The declaration contains two counts, the first of which is a count for libel at common law, and the second for insulting words under the statute. To the declaration, and to each count thereof, plaintiff in error *445demurred, the demurrer was overruled, and this ruling of the trial court constitutes the first assignment- of error.
'The ground relied on in the demurrer to the first count is that it does not sufficiently allege publication of the…
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