Case Name: Birch v. Simms
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1809-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 550
Docket Number: 
Parties: Birch v. Simms.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 550–550

Head Matter:
Birch v. Simms.
In slander, evidence of words spoken in tlie second person will not support an averment of words spoken in tlie third person.
Slander. The declaration was “ he stole.” The evidence was “ you stole.”

Opinion:
The Court,
upon the authority of Rutherford v. Moore, in Washington county, at December term, 1806, [ante, 388,] and the case of Willis v. M'Kenzie, in this county, July, 1808, (not reported) refused to suffer the evidence to go to the jury. Nonsuit.