3 Sandf. 734 | The Superior Court of New York City | 1851
Amendment of the complaint allowed at the trial, in an action of slander, so as to insert words in the German language, with an inuendo that they meaned in English, the words stated in the complaint; it appearing on the trial that the slander was uttered in German, to those who understood that language, that the meaning of the words was properly stated m the complaint, and there being no affidavit of surprise on the part of the defendant.
Where slanderous words are spoken in a foreign tongue, the complaint should set forth the words in the foreign language, with an averment of their meaning in English, and that the persons present understood the language used.
TW complaint was for slanderous words, imputing a felony, stated as having been spoken in English. At the trial, before Saudeoed, J., five witnesses who were Germans, proved the slander to have been spoken in the German language, and the
Order accordingly.