Gill v. Ruggles
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before D^VorE, J., Marion, April term, 1912. Action by Chas. E. Gill against Charles E. Ruggles. Defendant appeals. cite: Words not alleged should not be proven: 8 Ency.
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Before D^VorE, J., Marion, April term, 1912. Action by Chas. E. Gill against Charles E. Ruggles. Defendant appeals. cite: Words not alleged should not be proven: 8 Ency. Ev. 292; 3 Hill 175. Defendant did not plead truth as justification: 25 Cyc. 461; 4 Rich. 258. Instruction not applicable to facts in case is error: 66 S. C. 18, 449; 75 S. C. 512; 63 S. C. 559. Charge of grafting is not charging a crime: 3 Rich. 242; 2 Rich. 295. cite: Witness may give opinion after stating reasons: 82 S. C. 71. If issues were misstated counsel should have called Judge’s attention to it: 62 S. C. 546; 63 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
June 11, 1913. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an action for slander. The complaint sets forth three causes of action, but in as much as the trial Judge withdrew the third cause of action from the jury and there is no appeal from his ruling, we will consider only the first and second.
The material allegations of these causes of action are as follows:
"For a First Cause of Action.
Third. "That, as plaintiff is informed and believes, at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of South Carolina, on the 6th day of March, A.D. 1911, the defendant herein in the presence of and to…
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