Alcorn v. Bass

The appellee, Amelia L. Bass, sued the appellant for slander. Upon trial of an issue formed by an answer in denial, a jury returned a verdict for the appellee, assessing her damages in the sum of $55.00. A motion in arrest was overruled, and judgment was rendered on the verdict.

The alleged errors assigned are, that the- complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and that the court erred in overruling the appellant’s motion in arrest of judgment.

The complaint alleged, “that at Gibson county, in the State of Indiana, heretofore, to-wit: on the 9th day of…