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Bromage and Another v Prosser; 20 Aug 1824

References: [1824] EngR 822, (1824) 1 Car & P 475, (1824) 171 ER 1280
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Ratio:Semble, that malice is necessary to ground an action for words ; and that if words be proved to be spoken bona fide and without malice, no action lies for the speaking of them, though they be false and actionable in themselves; and though injury result to the party from the speaking of them – and, semble, that the defendant may, under the general issue, go into evidence to shew that he spoke the words bona fide and without rnalice
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