Vanderslice v. Spear

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

Vanderslice v. Spear

2 Miles 392

CourtPennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

DecidedJanuary 9, 1841

StatusPublished

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Vanderslice v. Spear, 2 Miles 392 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1841).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.—

An affidavit to hold to bail in slander must either set forth the identical words spoken, or it must aver with sufficient distinctness the substance of the charge made against the plaintiff. The object is to obtain certainty, to avoid evasion and duplicity, a rule common to all affidavits of this nature. This object cannot be attained by means of the present affidavit. It first undertakes to designate the words, and then falls off into a narration of what the plaintiff infers to have been their meaning.

Rule absolute.

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Per Curiam.—

An affidavit to hold to bail in slander must either set forth the identical words spoken, or it must aver with sufficient distinctness the substance of the charge made against the plaintiff. The object is to obtain certainty, to avoid evasion and duplicity, a rule common to all affidavits of this nature. This object cannot be attained by means of the present affidavit. It first undertakes to designate the words, and then falls off into a narration of what the plaintiff infers to have been their meaning.

Rule absolute.

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2 Miles 392, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/vanderslice-v-spear-pactcomplphilad-1841.