Legal Opinion
Woodbury v. Whiting
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 5, 1895PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Case, for slander. The plaintiff excepted to evidence offered by the defendant in mitigation of damages. Verdict for the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, J.
The jury could not have found for the defendant If they had not found that the defendant did not speak the words alleged. Wier v. Allen, 51 N. H. 177, 180. If the defendant did not make the charge alleged as the slander, it is of no consequence whether the evidence excepted to was or was not competent upon the question of damages. The case presents no reason for the consideration of that question. Wier v. Allen, supra.
Exception overruled.
Clark., J., did not sit: the others concurred.
2Cited by3 opinions
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