[539]. Slander of title. Mildmay’s Case, 1 Rep. 175; Marvin v. Maynard, Cro. El. 419; Pennyman v. Rabanks, Cro. Eliz. 427; Newman v. Zachary, Al. 3; Rowe v. Roach, 1 M. & S. 304; Bignell v. Buzzard, 3 H. & N. 217; Webb v. Cecil, 9 B. Mon. 198; Ross v. Pynes, Wythe, 71, 3 Call, 490.
In Rowe v. Roach, supra, Lord Ellenborough said, p. 310: “The law makes no allowance for the slander of strangers, whatever it may do in behalf of those who have a real title, or a claim of title. Rei immiscet se alienæ is the good sense which must govern this case. Here the defendant is a stranger himself, and shows no authority from those who are parties in interest.”
Where defendant has some interest, it is enough if he actually believes what he says against plaintiff’s title.
Gerard v. Dickenson, 4 Rep. 18 a, Cro. El. 196; Lovett v. Weller, 1 Rolle R. 409; Anon., Sty. 414; Pitt v. Donovan, 1 M. & S. 639; Smith v. Spooner, 3 Taunt. 246; Green v. Button, 2 C. M. & R. 707; Pater v. Baker, 3 C. B. 831; Watson v. Reynolds, M. & M. 1; Carr v. Duckett, 5 H. & N. 783; Atkins v. Perrin, 3 F. & F. 179; Brook v. Rawl, 4 Ex. 521; Burnett v. Tak, 45 L. T. Rep. 743; Steward v. Young, L. R. 5 C. P. 122; Wren v. Weild, L. R. 4 Q. B. 730; Hart v. Wall, 2 C. P. D. 146 (semble); Baker v. Piper, 2 T. L. R. 733; Dicks v. Brooks, 15 Ch. D. 22; Halsey v. Brotherhood, 19 Ch. D. 386; Royal Co. v. Wright, 18 Pat. Cas. Rep. 95; Dunlop Co. v. Talbot, 20 T. L. R. 579; Boulton v. Shields, 3 Up. Can. Q. B. 21; Hill v. Ward, 13 Ala. 310; McDaniel v. Baca, 2 Cal. 326; Thompson v. White, 70 Cal. 135; Reid v. McLendon, 44 Ga. 156; Van Tuyl v. Riner, 3 Ill. App. 556; Stark v. Chitwood, 5 Kan. 141; Gent v. Lynch, 23 Md. 58; Swan v. Tappan, 5 Cush. 104; Walkley v. Bostwick, 49 Mich. 374; Chesebro v. Powers, 78 Mich. 472; Meyrose v. Adams, 12 Mo. App. 329; Butts v. Long, 106 Mo. App. 313; Andrew v. Deshler, 45 N. J. Law, 167; Kendall v. Stone, 5 N. Y. 14; Like v. McKinstry, 4 Keyes, 397, 3 Abb. App. 62, 41 Barb. 186; Hovey v. Rubber Co., 57 N. Y. 119; Dodge v. Colby, 37 Hun, 515, 108 N. Y. 445; Lovell Co. v. Houghton, 116 N. Y. 520; Hastings v. Giles Co., 51 Hun, 364, 121 N. Y. 674; Cornwell v. Parke, 52 Hun, 596, 123 N. Y. 657; McElwee v. Blackwell, 94 N. C. 261; Harriss v. Sneeden, 101 N. C. 273.
Compare Virtue v. Creamery Mfg. Co., 123 Minn. 17.
As to the requirement of “malice,” see Coffman v. Henderson, 9 Ala. App. 553; Fearon v. Fodera, 169 Cal. 370; Long v. Rucker, 166 Mo. App. 572; Potosi Zinc Co. v. Mahoney, 36 Nev. 390; Fant v. Sullivan, (Tex. Civ. App.) 152 S. W. 515.
See Smith, Disparagement of Property, 13 Columbia Law Rev. 13, 121.
[540]. Only the opinion of the court is given.
[541]. Tasburgh v. Day, Cro. Jac. 484; Gresham v. Grinsley, Yelv. 88; Sneade v. Badley, 3 Bulst. 74, 1 Roll. 244; Law v. Harwood, Cro. Car. 140, W. Jones, 196; Cane v. Golding, Sty. 169, 176; Manning v. Avery, 3 Keb. 153; Haddan v. Lott, 15 C. B. 411; Evans v. Harlow, 5 Q. B. 624; Ashford v. Choate, 20 Up. Can; C. P. 471; Collins v. Whitehead, 34 Fed. 121; Ebersole v. Fields, 181 Ala. 421; Stark v. Chitwood, 5 Kan. 141; Continental Co. v. Little, 135 Ky. 618; Swan v. Tappan, 5 Cush. 104; Gott v. Pulsifer, 122 Mass. 235; Dooling v. Budget Co., 144 Mass. 258; Boynton v. Shaw Co., 146 Mass. 219; Wilson v. Dubois, 35 Minn. 471; Tobias v. Harland, 4 Wend. 537; Madison Church v. Madison Church, 26 How. Pr. 72; Linden v. Graham, 1 Duer, 670; Bailey v. Dean, 5 Barb. 297; Kendall v. Stone, 5 N. Y. 14; Kennedy v. Press Co., 41 Hun, 422; Childs v. Tuttle, 48 Hun, 228; Maglio v. N. Y. Co., 93 App. Div. 546; Felt v. Germania Life Ins. Co., 149 App. Div. 14; Witteman Bros. v. Witteman Co., 88 Misc. 266; McGuinness v. Hargiss, 56 Wash. 162 Accord.
Compare Fleming v. McDonald, 230 Pa. St. 75.