Jones v. Spradlin

The judgment from which this appeal is taken having been in favor of plaintiff, rulings of the trial court bearing on defendant’s liability and not affecting the amount of recovery will not be considered as reversible error. Holloway et al v. Henderson Lumber Co., 203 Ala. 246, 82 South. 344.

The following excerpt from the court’s general charge will serve to illustrate the view taken by the trial court in charging the jury, to wit:

' “If, when Spradlin spoke this (meaning the slanderous language set out in the complaint), it was untrue when he said he was, a rascal, if he said that and meant…