Legal Opinion
Sipp v. Coleman
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
Decided June 29, 1910PublishedCited by 1 opinion
At Law. Action by George A. Sipp against Mary Coleman. On demurrer to declaration.
1Opinion of the Court
RELLSTAB, District Judge.
This is an action for slander. A demurrer is interposed to the first count, which charges the defendant with having said of the plaintiff:
“This man has been convicted of beating his mother (thereby and then and there meaning that the plaintiff has been and was then and there guilty of a crime, to wit, the crime of assault and battery).”
No special damages are alleged, and the question is whether these words are actionable per se.
These words impute a criminal offense, indictable under the laws ■of the state of New Jersey, and punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000,…
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- Pett-Morgan v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Leitz v. HohmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Geary v. BennettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Mosler v. WhelanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958