McCabe v. Platter

Emily Platter brought an action against John Me Cabe and Margaret his wife, for slanderous words spoken by the wife, charging the plaintiff with fornication and adultery. Pleas, 1, Not guilty; 2, That the words were true. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

The defendants, on the trial, offered to prove the general character of the plaintiff as to chastity to be bad; the evidence was objected to, and the objection sustained. The objection' should have been overruled. The evidence was admissible in mitigation of damages, notwithstanding the plea of justification. Kirkman v. Oxley, cited in…