Webster v. . Sharpe
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN for Slander, tried before Hol&e, Jand a jury, at ■July Term, 1894, of Alamance Superior Court. There was verdict for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The action was brought to recover damages for defamation of character.
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AotioN for Slander, tried before Hol&e, Jand a jury, at ■July Term, 1894, of Alamance Superior Court. There was verdict for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The action was brought to recover damages for defamation of character. The plaintiff alleged among other things that defendant did maliciously speak of and concerning the plaintiff, in presence of plaintiff and one W. T. Webster, the following words in substance, speaking to plaintiff, to-wit: “I found out who went into my store,” and plaintiff asked “Who was it ?” Defendant replied “It was you and your brother, W. T. Webster, and if…
1Opinion of the Court
Eueohes, J.:
This is an action of slander in which plaintiff alleges that defendant falsely charged him with breaking into defendant’s store and taking his goods. Defendant answered denying the allegations in plaintiff’s complaint, and pleaded the statute of limitations. On the trial three issues were submitted to the jury — one as to whether defendant uttered the slanderous words as alleged, another as to the statute of limitations — and the third as to the amount of damages.
All the evidence tended to show that defendant’s store was broken into on tbe nigbt of the 31st of December, 1892; and…
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