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12 Ind. 549

Griggs v. Vickroy

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-06-23

<p>APPEAL from the Delaware Circuit Court.</p>

Decided 1859-06-23

Per Curiam.

¶1This was an action by Vickroy against *550Griggs, for words spoken, which are averred to charge incest, and to be, therefore, slanderous.

W. Marsh and W. Brotherton, for the appellant.

¶2The various sets of words laid in the complaint, as having been spoken, contain substantially a charge that there had been, before that time, illicit, carnal intercourse between Vickroy and his daughter, naming her. There is no averment that Vickroy had any knowledge of the relationship that existed between him and the female.

¶3The demurrer which was filed to the complaint, should have been sustained. Lumpkins v. Justice, 1 Ind. R. 560.

¶4The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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