Coble v. McDaniel

Bay, Judge,

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover damages for an alleged slander.

The petition charges that the defendant spoke of and concerning the plaintiff the following words: “ David Coble is a rogue, and he had stole Hoover’s hogs.”

The defendant, in his answer, denies having spoken the words contained in the first count of the petition, and attempts to justify as to the words in the second count.

The petition in this case contains but one co'unt, and the answer must be regarded as both a denial of the words alleged to have been spoken and a justification of…