Hallowell v. Guntle

Action for slander and libel; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff; error assigned on the overruling of the motion for a new trial.

The evidence is not in the record, and the bill of exceptions is dot framed according to the 347th section of the code, R. S. 1881,section 630, for presenting reserved questions; consequently some of the points discussed are not before us.

The alleged slanderous words were to the effect that the plaintiff, an unmarried woman, had been guilty of acts of whoredom with defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue and justification, and on the trial offered to…