Bradburg v. Segal
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. This is an action on the case for slander, plaintiff alleging that defendant used about and concerning him. the following words; “He has been in the cemetery and moved the headstone of my wife sidewise from its place.” The defendant filed a demurrer which was overruled by the presiding Justice and the defendant took exceptions. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action on the case for slander. The defendant filed a general demurrer to the declaration. The presiding Justice overruled the demurrer and the case is before the Law Court on exceptions to this ruling.
The alleged slanderous words are, — “He has been in the cemetery and moved the headstone of my wife sidewise from its place.”
The offense with which the plaintiff says he was charged by the defendant is set out in It. S., Chap. 126, Sec. 43, as follows: “Whoever wilfully destroys or injures any tomb, gravestone, monument or other object placed or designed as a memorial of the dead, or…
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