Lanter v. M'Ewen

M‘Ewen sued Lanter, the plaintiff in error, in an action on the case for slander. The words alleged to have been spoken were, that M‘Ewen, in giving testimony as a *496witness on the trial of one Knight, on an indictment in the . Decatur Circuit Court, had committed perjury. Lanter pleaded the truth of the words spoken in justification. There was a trial by jury which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were overruled, and judgment was rendered upon the verdict.

The errors complained of refer to the instructions given to the jury. The…