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1 D.C. 550

Birch v. Simms

District of Columbia District Court · decided 1809-07-15

<p>In slander, evidence of words spoken in tlie second person will not support an averment of words spoken in tlie third person.</p>

Decided 1809-07-15

The Court,

¶1upon the authority of Rutherford v. Moore, in Washington county, at December term, 1806, [ante, 388,] and the case of Willis v. M’Kenzie, in this county, July, 1808, (not reported) refused to suffer the evidence to go to the jury. Nonsuit.

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