Waters v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
QUESTIONS-IK THIS CASE. Relative to what words are actionable, per se. As to evidence of the general character of a plaintiff, in slander. This was an action of trespass on the case, instituted by Jones against Waters, in the Circuit Court of Butler.
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QUESTIONS-IK THIS CASE. Relative to what words are actionable, per se. As to evidence of the general character of a plaintiff, in slander. This was an action of trespass on the case, instituted by Jones against Waters, in the Circuit Court of Butler. The declaration consisted of six counts; and, after the usual inducement, alleged, that before the commitment of the said grivances, by the said defendant, a certain Francis Coleman, then of said county of Butler, was lawfully possessed of a certain cotton gin house, situated in the said county, stored with cotton; that afterwards, to-wit, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, J.
The defendant in error, (who was plaintiff below,) brought his action for slander, in *445the Circuit Court of Butler. The declaration contains six counts: to the first, the plaintiff in error pleaded “ not guilty;” and to the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth, he demurred, separately. The Court sustained the demurrer to the sixth, and overruled it as to all the others. Judgment was entered upon the demurrer as to the sixth : and, to the other counts, the record informs us, there were pleas and issues; but what the character of those pleas was, we are not informed.
The first count alleges,…
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