White v. White
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Accomac county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
The questions presented for our decision by the assignments of error will be disposed of in their order as stated below.
1. Is or is not the plea of justification, interposed by the defendant, a good plea?
This question must be answered in the negative.
It is urged in behalf of the plaintiff that the plea is bad in two particulars: first, because it admitted a part only of the defamatory matter charged in the second count of the declaration, and so was not as broad as the charges; and., second, it does…
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