Legal Opinion
Gray v. Elzroth
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 15, 1894No. 1,128PublishedCited by 7 opinions
From the Cass Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtGavin, J.
The appellee sued appellant for slander. In her complaint she alleges that he charged her with having committed adultery with himself, with being a prostitute, and also imputed adultery to her by charging that her husband was not the father of any of her five children.
A general and special denial formed the issues.
*588It is by statute actionable slander to charge a woman with adultery. Binford v. Young, 115 Ind. 174; R. S. 1894, section 286.
Complaint is made of the rejection of appellant’s offer to prove that for the last nine years “it has been currently circulated and reported in the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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