Gatewood v. Garrett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of TCing William county in an action of trespass on the case in slander. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by James L. Garrett to recover of the defendant, W. K. Gatewood, damages for the alleged use by him of certain words, charged by the plaintiff to have been slanderous, and to have affected him injuriously in the position of policeman, which was then held by him in the town of West Point.
The declaration names three persons, one of them the mayor of the town, in whose presence the words complained of were uttered. The gravamen of the complaint is that the plaintiff lost his position as policeman by reason of the words alleged to have been spoken by the defendant. The…
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