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EWALD v. LANE

No. 7147.

104 F.2d 222 (1939)

EWALD v. LANE et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 13, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldridge Hood Young, of Baltimore, Md., and William J. Rowan, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

H. M. Welch, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Lane.

Herbert R. Grossman and Melba Goodman, both of Washington, D. C., for appellees Emma J. Beuchert and John C. Ewald, Jr.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON, and VINSON, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff, a married woman, charges that the defendants conspired to defame her by causing a false charge of adultery to be made against her in a divorce suit. Like conduct has been held actionable as defamation. Rice v. Coolidge, 121 Mass. 393, 23 Am.Rep. 279. The District of Columbia Code1 subjects to criminal prosecution and civil action one who "wrongfully accuses any woman of unchastity." Irrespective...

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