Ohio Supreme Court, 1928

Smith v. Buck

Smith v. Buck
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided June 13, 1928 · Allen, Day, Jones, Kinkade, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson
6 Ohio Law. Abs. 385

Smith v. Buck

Opinion of the Court

ROBINSON, J.

1. The words “personal injury” as defined by lexicographers, jurists and text writers, and by common acceptance, denote an injury either to the physical body of a person or to the reputation of a person or to both.

2. The words “personal injury” by “wrongful act,” of Section 11819, General Code, comprehend, among other injuries to the person, injury by libel or slander.

(Marshall, CJ., Day, Allen, Kinkade, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.)

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