Frazier v. . McCloskey

We think that the court below erred in admitting evidence of slanderous words uttered by the defendant after the commencement of this action. It was claimed that this evidence was admissible for the purpose of showing malice and enhancing the damages for the speaking of the words charged in the complaint. It has been decided that a repetition of the words charged in the complaint, or the speaking of them at times other than those laid in the complaint, may be shown; but in all these cases, the occasions on which the slander was uttered were before the commencement of the action. In Root v.…