Chaffin v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered December 18,1884, in an action of trespass on the-case wherein Richard B. Chaffin was defendant, and David H. Lynch was plaintiff. The jury assessed the plaintiff's damages at $1,500. To various rulings at the trial the defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
(after stating the case), delivered the opinion ■of the court.
The first question is, whether the declaration is demurrable. It contains but one count, and the demurrer thereto, which the circuit court overruled, was based on two grounds: (1) That the provisions of the statute, under which the action was brought, now contained in the second section of chapter one hundred and forty-five of the Code, 1873, apply only to words spoken, and not to words written or printed; and (2), that, if this be not true, then the action is for defamation at common law, and also for insulting words…
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