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Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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In Cayuga County, NY, Parnel Moody won a slander lawsuit against Elijah Baker for $1,450 plus costs, due to defamation affecting her marriage to Baker's son.
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At the late Circuit court, for Cayuga County, N. Y. the case of Parnel Moody vs. Elijah Baker, excited a peculiar interest. The Cayuga Republican says, it concerned the character of the young lady, which had been slandered under peculiar circumstances.-- Special damages were laid in the loss of marriage between the plaintiff and the son of the defendant. After a long investigation, during which the defendant made no attempts to prove the truth of the words laid, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for one thousand, four hundred and fifty dollars, and costs--a fair warning to slanderers.
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Cayuga County, N. Y.
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At The Late Circuit Court
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verdict for the plaintiff for one thousand, four hundred and fifty dollars, and costs
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The case concerned the character of the young lady, which had been slandered under peculiar circumstances. Special damages were laid in the loss of marriage between the plaintiff and the son of the defendant. After a long investigation, during which the defendant made no attempts to prove the truth of the words laid, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.