Jones v. . Brinkley

This is an action for slander. It was alleged and in evidence that the defendant, in the presence of divers persons and at different times and places, used words to the effect that the plaintiff had stolen a gallon of ice cream. It was admitted that the ice cream was worth about one dollar. The plaintiff testified that such statement deeply humiliated her, and prevented her from wishing to go to church or anywhere else. -

The court granted the defendant’s motion to nonsuit upon the ground that “genuine humiliation of feelings is not an element of independent damages itself, and therefore there…