Brandon v. Mullenix

This is án action for slander, brought by Mullenix against Brandon for speaking, on the 13th of July, 1866, the words of him, “that J. D. Mullenix stole a mule; and that he stole a mule, and I will be damned if I can’t prove it on him.” A verdict was rendered on plea of not guilty in favor of plaintiff, from which an appeal in error is prosecuted to this court.

The first objection taken by counsel to proceedings in court below is in sustaining a demurrer to a plea of statute of limitations for six months. There was no error in this, the words were alleged to have been spoken in July, 1866, and…