The sun., 1916-02-13

citizen The Law u controversy does not
have that feature. l. deals With "A con-
ditior Voluntarily entered into. with no.
tiCe OF the consequences. Tn"
marriage OF an American woman with
foreigner has consequences o' like
kind. may involve national complications
OF ike kind as her physical oNpdtriatIuu
may involve. Therefore a. long a. ta'
relation lasts II is made iantamouut 20
cxpatrlation. This is no arbitrary ~.
crcls" os government. Il IS one which.
regarding the internal Unal aSl-'ts ju-
dlc.al opinion has taken fui -.'u'" 3.
would not only he valid. but demanded
II is the conception of H." leg Stat "'|
under review that such al act may
bring the Government into "mbarrass-
mens and il may l- into controversies
II is as voluntary and distinctly" as
expiration and its consequence must
be considered as elected
Whe,her q person vino has n,.u ,t.i'i
"frepug by another has cause Of
action against him Tor slaudor "d- d'.
.iue.l by Judge Gibbs iu BruNN county,
who oyerruled the contention -: nv de-
fendant that tn. complaint did not state
a cause OF action. The court sad.
The def.udau; argues tha' th, ;,rn
frebug il not actiouaule I"- Sc hc,tusc %
does not impute tina, tn' plaintiff t.
guilty Of arson nor of any other specific
crime. | am constrained {" disagree"
with the defendants contention (which
S the only serious question "a sed on th'
demurrer. as tn. word frehIg ntS
very we'll defined ard commonly a.-
,epted meaning. The term h-chGs was
coined as a popular phrase '"''r''tS %"
,er~ous guilty ~ ia" crime OF d'~uu
,buu; tw.ut, Years ago. a.d since .h't
reference TO auy person ~ - rr'hug hts
implied I'm the average 'u'l g. irH, iNti
person referred 10 s one Who ha- CONE
'iltted the crime Of arson. .n'N.f.H- that
h, had m tlir.ous.V burned tn" house o-
apartment, OF auoth.r. So well .u-'dttcd
: the term in IN" pnyIla" mind that
Websteis New international Dictionary
ot tHucs frrhuE as au ~ 'rudia'N "g pyro-
maniac Alleged slduderous words must
hc construed according to their common
and natural meaning and not ~ sense
favorable TO defendant. Il : not - qIcs-
ton OF what was iu the defendants
mind. but what was TN" natural Import
Of the words used ahd Wha' impression
aid those words convey 20 the ordinary
mind The courts are not reqIrrL 20
strain IN he direction Of Nud!ug am.
bigu,y where none exists and the p,tiut.if
iu a slaud.r action does no, carry the
burden that slauderous words used are
not susceptible Of an iuuo. cut rousiru,-
tion. Perhaps there ar" persons 1872 the
city 81 New York SO uusophisiiclt"d that
they class trrbgg with N'.ty, ~ SUE
restcd hy the learned counsel In his uri,'.
hut they are undoubtedly rare and few IN
number
Plaintiff. who opened defendants doc.
iu duplex Hat by mistake and was u,t'"u
DN n dog which sprang out, hold uo' a
trespaSser limited 10 right 10 recover 80
such. .-- Harris " Hoyt WIS, - y W,
80.
Where a bartender pours alcohol o' e
guest and sets fire to II there is Il Viola
ton OF the condition Of bond that the
,icensee VII keep n Guie, and ORDERLY
h,us, Lynch W fireman. Muu, IA
y w. 7os
,u award a. S3> oon for ,uiul.,s pL. %
,ntapacitatc for further service q rail
road conductor g. Years Old with life
expectancy of thirteen Years, who was
earning 500 per year and which con
sS "f u diSiocated shoulder, brokrn rlbs
and cut on the head. which rcQuir.
him TO remain IN bed for three months
aud are attended with an attack nf peri
tonitis and leave him with nruriis.
hich is probably permanent - h.id cA-
ccssive 10y flS.0N0 in the case of -
Louis Southwestern Il. Co vs. k.uda,
liz Ark. 2ei
M in excess ~ $4,000 " ,"rd.
FOR t2j5oo wntrh was awarded to nu
railroad conductor. -