Spencer v. Looney
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Cardwell, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. ,
This action is brought by plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to recover damages • for slanderous, defamatory and insulting words alleged to have been used by defendant in error of and concerning plaintiff in error and members of his family, particularly of and concerning his son, Melvin, on divers occasions and. in *769the presence of certain named persons and divers other good .and worthy citizens of the Commonwealth.
The declaration contains a number of counts, the gravamen of which is that while the plaintiff and his wife and…
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