Blickenstaff v. Perrin

This was an action by Eliza Perrin, the appellee, against Joseph Blickenstaff and Mary, his wife, for alleged slanderous words spoken by the latter of the plaintiff. Answer by a general denial, and trial by a jury, resulting in a finding for the plaintiff:'. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and gave judgment on the finding.

The defendants, in mitigation of damages, set up in their answer “ that at the time of the speaking, it was currently *528reported in the neighborhood in which plaintiff lived, and in adjacent parts of the country, that plaintiff had been in a house of bad…