101 Mass. 352 | Mass. | 1869
If this case had been presented upon a demurrer to the declaration, we should have had great doubts whéther a
But this deficiency, which is not of substantial allegation but of mere colloquium, is supplied by the answer, which sets out those facts in order to found upon them the defence of privilege, and explicitly concedes that the charge in the letter, as well us the proposed suit, was against Whittemore and Tompson jointly. Upon the trial of the issue so made up by the pleadings, the defendant cannot avail himself of the original defect in the declaration. Vinal v. Richardson, 13 Allen, 521. The ruling of the court below at this stage of the case, was therefore wrong. Exceptions sustained