Hintz v. Graupner

This appeal is prosecuted to review a judgment rendered against appellant for slander of appellee. The alleged slander consisted of a statement laid in the declaration in various forms, charging in substance that appellee had been guilty of stealing money. The evidence clearly supports the verdict in finding that appellant was guilty of uttering the slanderous words, but it is contended that various errors were committed by the court during the progress of the trial, which constitute grounds for setting aside the verdict.

One of the forms in which the slander was laid in the declaration, and…