Cummins v. Butler

This is an action of trespass on the case in slander. The declaration contains one count, in which-it is charged, “that the defendant, on the 1st day of February, 1829, and at divers other days and times, to wit, &c. spoke and published of and concerning the said plaintiff, these false and scandalous words, to wit:- — ‘ John Butler (meaning the said plaintiff) swore a lie in the case oí Noah Anderson against myself, (meaning him the said defendant, and referring toa suit previously determined in the Pike Circuit Court,) and I (the said defendant meaning) can prove it. He (the said John…