Case Name: Griggs v. Vickroy
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1859-06-23
Citations: 12 Ind. 549
Docket Number: 
Parties: Griggs v. Vickroy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 549–550

Head Matter:
Griggs v. Vickroy.
Thursday, June 23.
APPEAL from the Delaware Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This was an action by Vickroy against Griggs, for words spoken, which are averred to charge incest, and to be, therefore, slanderous.
W. Marsh and W. Brotherton, for the appellant.
The various sets of words laid in the complaint, as having been spoken, contain substantially a charge that there had been, before that time, illicit, carnal intercourse between Vickroy and his daughter, naming her. There is no averment that Vickroy had any knowledge of the relationship that existed between him and the female.
The demurrer which was filed to the complaint, should have been sustained. Lumpkins v. Justice, 1 Ind. R. 560.
The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.