Backus v. Richardson

Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Backus v. Richardson

1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 393

CourtCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

DecidedJuly 1, 1799

StatusPublished

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Backus v. Richardson, 1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 393 (N.Y. Super. Ct. 1799).

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Action for slander, and demurrer to the whole declaration containing several counts for different words, some actionable and others not. The plaintiff’s damages were assessed generally, and the Court of Errors, on writ of error, held, as in Cheeiham and Tillotson, that the damages must be considered as applying to the whole declaration, and the judgment of the Supreme Court sustaining the verdict, under those circumstances, was accordingly reversed.

It seems to have been held by the Court of Errors in [394]*394' this case, that to say of a merchant, “ You keep false books, and I can prove it,” is actionable.-

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Action for slander, and demurrer to the whole declaration containing several counts for different words, some actionable and others not. The plaintiff’s damages were assessed generally, and the Court of Errors, on writ of error, held, as in Cheeiham and Tillotson, that the damages must be considered as applying to the whole declaration, and the judgment of the Supreme Court sustaining the verdict, under those circumstances, was accordingly reversed.

It seems to have been held by the Court of Errors in [394]*394' this case, that to say of a merchant, “ You keep false books, and I can prove it,” is actionable.-

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1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 393, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/backus-v-richardson-nycterr-1799.