St. Martin v. Desnoyer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This was an action of Slander, tried at the April Term of the District Court, in the County of Ramsey. The Declaration charged, among others, the utterance of the following slanderous words : “ You stole my belt! ” “ You have stolen my belt. You might as well have stolen my belt, as you broke open my. two cassets (trunks) two years ago!” The Defendant pleaded the general issue.
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This was an action of Slander, tried at the April Term of the District Court, in the County of Ramsey. The Declaration charged, among others, the utterance of the following slanderous words : “ You stole my belt! ” “ You have stolen my belt. You might as well have stolen my belt, as you broke open my. two cassets (trunks) two years ago!” The Defendant pleaded the general issue. After the testimony was closed, the Defendant’s counsel asked the Court to charge the jury, that the words “You have stolen my belt” were not actionable, andnorecovery couldbehadwithoutproof of special damage; and that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Cov/ct.
Chateield, J.
This is an action on the case for verbal Slander, and it is brought into this Court by Appeal from an order made therein overruling the Defendant’s motion for a new trial.
The causes urged for a new trial will be considered in the order in which they are stated in the motion.
*158The first point is, that “ the Judge (before whom the cause was tried) erred, in charging the jury that the words ‘You Time stolen my beltf are actionable.”
The rule is: that words charging a person with having committed an act for which, if the charge were true, he would be punishable criminally…
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