Langdon v. Young
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for slander. The declaration (by its new count) charged the defendant with speaking, in Canada, in a conversation concerning the plaintiff, and Emily E. Langdon, his daughter, who was then sick, these false and defamatory words, in the hearing of other persons, to and concerning the plaintiff: “ Ton,” (meaning the plaintiff,) “ have drugged the child,” (meaning the said Emily E. Langdon, daughter of the plaintiff;) thereby meaning that the plaintiff was guilty of giving…
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Case for slander. The declaration (by its new count) charged the defendant with speaking, in Canada, in a conversation concerning the plaintiff, and Emily E. Langdon, his daughter, who was then sick, these false and defamatory words, in the hearing of other persons, to and concerning the plaintiff: “ Ton,” (meaning the plaintiff,) “ have drugged the child,” (meaning the said Emily E. Langdon, daughter of the plaintiff;) thereby meaning that the plaintiff was guilty of giving drugs or poisons to the said Emily E. Langdon for the purpose of killing or injuring her. The defendant pleaded the…
1Opinion of the Court
Red field, Ch. J.
Upon the principal question, how far the court will take judicial notice of the law of Canada, it is enough *139perhaps, to say, that we could not assume to know the law of any foreign state. But in the absence of all proof, courts assume certain general principles of law, as existing in all Christian states, as that contracts are of binding obligation, and that personal injuries are actionable. This would allow us properly to assume that flagrant violations of the fundamental principles of moral obligation, such as theft and murder, are regarded as crimes, and that to accuse one…
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