Haldeman v. Martin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Lancaster. Case for conspiracy. The first count alleged, in substance, that the defendants, Haldeman and Barnitz, intending to injure the plaintiff, Martin, by a conspiracy had between them, did conspire, &c., falsely to charge the plaintiff, being an unmarried woman, with being pregnant with a bastard child (begotten by Haldeman, one of the defendants), by means whereof, &c.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Lancaster. Case for conspiracy. The first count alleged, in substance, that the defendants, Haldeman and Barnitz, intending to injure the plaintiff, Martin, by a conspiracy had between them, did conspire, &c., falsely to charge the plaintiff, being an unmarried woman, with being pregnant with a bastard child (begotten by Haldeman, one of the defendants), by means whereof, &c. The second count averred that, in pursuance of such conspiracy, the defendants did report, declare, and chai’ge, &c., by means whereof her good name had been brought into disgrace with…
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, C. J.
There was distinct evidence of *372combination between Ilaldeman and Barnitz, to mate the acts and declarations of the one the acts and declarations of the other; and this disposes of the first four bills of exceptions to evidence.
The testimony in the fifth and sixth bills was properly admitted. The law is settled, that particular damage, where it is a separate and independent part of the cause of action, must be specially Maid; but where it is the natural consequence of an injury, actionable without it, it need not be set out; and what is a more natural consequence of successful defamation, than…
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