 ... them, yet he shall have an action. So if a man gives another a cuff on the ear, though it cost him nothing, no not so much as a little diachylon, yet he shall have his action, for it is a personal injury.  The Wit and Wisdom of the Bench and Bar - Page 53by Frederick Charles Moncreiff - 1882 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Smith - 1841 - 744 pages
...pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage, * when a man is thereby hindered of his riff/it. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he shall have an action. So if a man gives another a cuff on tho ear,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1852 - 722 pages
...pecuniary ; but an injury imports a damage, where a man is thereby hindered of his right As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he shall have an action. So if a man gives another a cuff on the ear,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1853 - 454 pages
...damage is not merely pecuniary; and injury imports a damage when a man is thereby hindered of his right. For slanderous words, though a man does not lose a...receives a slight cuff on the ear, though it cost him nothing, no, not so much as a little diachylon, yet he shall have his action, for it is a personal... | |
 | William Tidd - 1856 - 838 pages
...pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage, where a man is thereby hindered of his right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he shall have an action. So if a man gives another a cuff on the ear,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1874 - 648 pages
...pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage when a man is thereby hindered of his. right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he Syllabus. shall have an action. So, if a man givcsanother a cuff... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1905 - 922 pages
...pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage when a man is thereby hindered of his right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he shall have an action. So if a man gives another a cuff on the ear,... | |
 | John Dawson Mayne - 1872 - 564 pages
...pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage when a man is thereby hindered of his right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them. So if a man give another a cuff on the ear, though it cost him nothing.... | |
 | Conway Robinson - 1858 - 804 pages
...pecuniary; but an injury imports a damage when a man is thereby hindered of his right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking of them yet he shall have an action. So if a man gives another a cuff on the... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1875 - 866 pages
...pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage when a man is thereby hindered of his right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he shall have an action. So, if a man gives another a cuff on the... | |
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