Brown v. Barnes

Plaintiff in error will herein be referred to as plaintiff, and defendant in error as defendant, these being the respective positions the parties occupied in the trial court.

Plaintiff’s complaint sought damages for alleged slander of plaintiff by defendant. It appears that plaintiff, a candidate for reelection as sheriff of Logan County, Colorado, sued defendant for alleged defamatory remarks made by defendant at a political meeting held October 19, 1954, at Crook, Colorado. It was alleged in plaintiff’s complaint that defendant “intentionally and maliciously contriving to injure the…