Legal Opinion

Price v. Clapp

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Knox County to the Court of Civil Appeals,, and Certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals. — Jos. W. Sneed, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil

R. T. Clapp brought this suit in the circuit court of Knox county against G. L. Price and his wife, Annie B. Price, to recover the sum of f!5,000 damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff Clapp by reason of an anonymous letter averred to have been written by Price and wife to Clapp’s employer, one Crouch, in which the writer is alleged to have charged Clapp with being a thief. The declaration charges in substance:(1) That on or about the 19th day of March, 1906, the defendants, Price and wife, wrote and mailed to Mr. Will Crouch the following-letter, to wit: *

“I understand R.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Zeliff v. JenningsTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Saunders v. BaxterTennessee Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Hill v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  4. Lowry v. Southern Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Street Railway v. GoreTennessee Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Huckeby v. SpanglerTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Bartlett v. HammondSupreme Court of Colorado · 1924
  3. Taylor v. Hustead & TuckerTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924
  4. Bozeman v. NaffTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. SloanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1918

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