Sleodd v. Jessie

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

The plaintiff in an action of slander cannot by an averment enlarge the meaning or change the sense of the language actually used by the party charged. Hence, in the cases of Porter v. Hughey, 2 Bibb 232, and Brown v. Piner, 6 Bush 518, it was held that the words used did not amount to a charge of any criminal act, and the innuendo would not be allowed to affect their meaning as generally understood. In this case, however, there is something more charged than a mere trespass. The words “and you took my heifer from Price. If I wanted my heifer I would go to your butcher…