Lee v. Crump
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Hoard before Hon. John H. Bisque. This is an action for slander commenced by I. B. Crump against Fitzlvugh Lee, the facts of which are set out in the opinion. The complaint contains three counts. In the first count, the libelous words imputed are, “You stole my cabbage,” viz,, on about the 15th of December.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Hoard before Hon. John H. Bisque. This is an action for slander commenced by I. B. Crump against Fitzlvugh Lee, the facts of which are set out in the opinion. The complaint contains three counts. In the first count, the libelous words imputed are, “You stole my cabbage,” viz,, on about the 15th of December. The libelous words in the second count are, “Id Crump stole my cabbage” (same date as above). In the third count the words were alleged in substance as follows: “I did say you stole my cabbage, and you are the only man I ever knew to steal a wagon load of…
1Opinion of the CourtWeakley, C. J.
The complaint contains three counts, each alleging that the defendant falsely and maliciously charged the plaintiff with larceny, by speaking of and concerning him the words set forth. The words in substance are that the defendant stole the plaintiff’s cabbage, or, as expressed in the third count, that the defendant stole a “wagon load of cabbage.” The case was tried upon the plea of the general issue, the only plea filed, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment. The appellant, who was the defendant in the court below, first insists that error was committed in refusing his request…
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