...him and the execution of his office, the defendant said, You are. a rascal, a villain, and a liar. After verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved ' in arrest of judgment, that these words are not actionable. It was urged for the plaintiff. There is a great difference between...

...men by the defendant, averring that they had not deserted from his said majesty's ship the Diamond. After verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved in arrest of judgment, that the defendant had been charged with the offence, without noticing in the declaration the exceptions in...

...infra parochiam, Sfc. in et armit assaulted him, and robbed him of so much money ; and there being a verdict for the plaintiff; it was moved in arrest of judgment, that apud quendam locum might be meant of a robbery committed in a house, garden, or wood, for which the...

...vendor against the purchaser for the nonperformance of the conditions of sale on his part. After a verdict for the plaintiff it was moved, in arrest of judgment, that the plaintiffs had not set out their title or averred a tender of a proper conveyance to the defendant....

...plaintiff* a hundred guineas, assumed to pay to the plaintiff, &c. Upon non assumpsit pleaded, and a verdict for the plaintiff; it was moved in arrest of judgment, that the consideration of this promise was not good, since it did not appear that Hurst gave this, note to the...

...brought against the executor, upon the covenant of the testator to teach an apprentice his trade; and after verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved in arrest of judgment, that this covenant was personal to the testator, and did not oblige the executors, but only obliged the...

...custody of the defendant, who was sheriff, &c. and afterwards escaped ; and upon nildebet pleaded and a verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved in arrest of judgment that it appeared in the declaration, upon the plaintiff's own shewing, that the administration was granted...

...premises were out of repair tali die et per 10 annos, which included part of his ancestor's time ; after verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved in arrest of judgment, that part of the ten years incurred in the life of the ancestor ; but it was held by Holt, CJ, that if the...

...a house at Oxford ; and your grandfather was forced to bring over 301, to make up the breach !" And after verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved, in arrest of judgment ; because, rogue, is not actionable ; and breaking open the house, but a trespass ; and making up the...

...case upon a promise for payment of a marriage portion, and upon won assumpsit, a verdict was found for the plaintiff; — it was moved in arrest of judgment, that the declaration was bad, because no notice was therein expressed to have been given by the plaintiff to...