 | Edward Christian - Law - 1801 - 284 pages
...certain or probable tern-» " poral lofs or damage to make words actionable : but to impute " to a man the mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral duties " or obligations, which renders a man obnoxious to ruankind, is " not actionable." And therefore he and the court determined,... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1812 - 732 pages
...liable to punishment, some capital otfence, or other infamous crime or misdemeanor. An imputation of the mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral duties, or obligations, is not sufficient*. To call a man a swindler, is not actionable7; so to call a man a thief is not actionable,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Horace Binney - Law reports, digests, etc - 1813 - 678 pages
...will afford a ground of suit. The imputation of the mere defect or want of virtue, or the disregard of moral duties or obligations, which render a man obnoxious to mankind, is not actionable. Ib. 187. This doctrine has been recognised in Pennsylvania in repeated instances, both before and since... | |
 | Thomas Lee - Law - 1825 - 768 pages
...to a woman want of chastity, who holds an eslate rlnm sola et casta fuerit, iLev. 134; but to impute to any man the mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral duties or obligation, which render a man obnoxious to mankind, is not actionable'." This action lies also against... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1829 - 964 pages
...given by Mr. Selwyn, Nisi Priut, title " Slander," it is not actionable ; because, " an imputation of the mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral duties, or obligations, is not sufficient." For these reasons, the second count, which describes the plaintiff merely in his... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - Nisi prius - 1838 - 928 pages
...the question of malice from the consideration of the jury." Id. WORDS ACTIONABLE IN THEMSELVES. 1351 man the mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral...render a man obnoxious to mankind, is not actionable ». It has been held, that an action may be maintained for calling a person a traitor b, murderer0,... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - Nisi prius - 1838 - 774 pages
...misdemeanor; and the charge upon the person spoken of must be precise. But to impute to any *man the *i35i mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral duties,...obligations, which render a man obnoxious to mankind, is not actionable.11 It has been held, that an action may be maintained for calling a person a traitor,0 murderer,d... | |
 | John Simcoe Saunders - Civil procedure - 1851 - 662 pages
...infamous crime or misdemeanor, and the charge upon the person spoken of must be precise. An imputation of the mere defect, or want of moral virtue, moral duties or obligations, is not sufficient (Onslow v. Home, 3 Willes, 177, per De Grey, CJ ; Holt v. Scholefield, 6 TR 694,... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1861 - 874 pages
...liable to punishment, some capital offence, or other infamous crime or misdemeanour. An imputation of the mere defect or want of moral virtue, moral duties, or obligations, is not sufficient (d). To call a man a swindler is not actionable (e). So to say to a woman, " you... | |
 | Melville Madison Bigelow - Torts - 1875 - 830 pages
...spoken of the plaintiff in his trade as a gunsmith. De Grey, CJ, in Wils. 187, says that to impute to any man the mere defect or want of moral virtue,...words, when spoken, be not an injury, they cannot be when written. To hold otherwise would be to make the immorality, and not the damage, the ground of... | |
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written. " In Villars v. Mousey the words imputed an infectious disorder. In Harman v. Delany the words were spoken of the plaintiff in his trade as a gunsmith. DE GREY, CJ , in Wils. 187, says that to impute to any man the mere defect or want of moral... 
