Sipp v. Coleman

Citations

• 179 F. 997
• 1910 U.S. App. LEXIS 5446

Syllabus

<p>1. Libel and Slander (§ 86*) — Innuendo—Surplusage.</p> <p>A declaration for slander, alleging that defendant had stated that plaintiff had been convicted of heating his mother, imputed a criminal offense, indictable as provided by P. L. N. J. 1898, p. 854, §§ 215, 2.18; and hence an innuendo that the words intended to charge that plaintiff was then and there guilty of a crime, to wit, the crime of assault and battery, was unnecessary and surplusage.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.- — For other cases, see Libel and Slander, Cent. Dig. 205-208; Dec. Dig. § 86.*]</p> <p>‘2. Libel and Slander (§ 7*) — Words Slanderous Pér Se.</p> <p>Words -charging complainant with having been convicted of a crime are not slanderous per se, unless the crime charged involved moral turpitude.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Libel and Slander, Cent. Dig. §§ 17-19; Dec. Dig. § 7.*]</p> <p>,3. Libel and Slander (§ 7*) — Words Slanderous Per Se — Moral Turpitude:</p> <p>Alleged slanderous words, charging that plaintiff had been convicted of beating his mother, imputed a crime involving moral turpitude, and were therefore slanderous per se.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Libel and Slander, Cent. Dig. § 31; Dee. Dig. § 7.*]</p>