Davis v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Action by Jessie Davis against Adam Davis. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
On February 18, 1914, the appellee filed this suit against the appellant, seeking damages for certain slanderous statements made by him concerning her. The offensive language was used by the appellant in talking to the father of the appellee, was, in substance, that she was four months advanced in pregnancy at a time when she had been married only about * seven weeks. The date of her marriage and other facts essential to show that the statements were designed to impute a want of chastity to the appellee were properly pleaded. It was also alleged that the appellee was a married woman at the…
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