Cole v. Powell

Appellee, who was the plaintiff below, recovered judgment for five hundred dollars in an action for slander against appellant. The slanderous words imputed to appellant made a charge of forgery against appellee.

• A special verdict was returned by the jury under the act of March 11, 1895 (Acts 1895, p. 248). Appellant and appellee each filed a motion for judgment on the special verdict. The court sustained appellee’s motion and overruled appellant’s motion; to which ruling appellant, excepted. These rulings are assigned as the only errors.

Appellant insists that these rulings were erroneous…