Hill v. Ward
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error from County Court of Perry. Action on the case by Hill against Ward, for slandering the title of the plaintiff to a certain slave, sold by the sheriff of Perry county, at a public sale under executions against plaintiff, át a great sacrifice, as it is alledged, in consequence of defendant’s wanton, false and malicious forbidding the sale, and assertion of a pretended title. Plea, not guilty— verdict and judgment for defendant. The facts more fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
As the demurrer to the two first counts in the declaration was sustained, it becomes necessary to examine them as to their legal sufficiency. In the first count, it is averred, that on the third day of March, 1845, the plaintiff offered for sale at Marion, Perry county, to the highest bidder, a negro slave named Lindy, the property of the plaintiff, when and where, and without probable cause therefor, but wantonly and maliciously contriving and intending to injure the plaintiff, by interrupting the fair and open sale of said slave, the said defendant did publicly forbid the sale of the said…
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