Johnson v. Brown
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Huntington Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The appellant brought an action of slander against the appellee, the slanderous words consisting of a charge that the appellant had forged certain instruments, and *535expressing an opinion that he ought to be in the penitentiary.
To this complaint the defendant answered by a general denial, and also by an affirmative answer, in which the plaintiff was charged with having mistreated and abandoned his wife, and thereby lost the respect of his neighbors, closing with a denial of all other allegations in the complaint. The plaintiff moved the court to strike out parts of this pleading, and his motion…
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- Estep v. EstepIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
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