Sasser v. . Rouse
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Wayne County, at the Fall Term, 1851, his Honor Judge DiCit presiding. The case is stated in the opinion delivered in this Court. A verdict was rendered below in favor of the plaintiff and from the judgment the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
This was an action of slander. The words charged in the declaration, were, that the defendant, in speaking of the plaintiff, said, “ he did take and sell ninety dollars worth of my pork, and lay out three nights in town, and refused to give up the money until Griffin threatened to send a writ to Wayne county; I have kept it no secret,” intending thereby to charge the plaintiff with stealing his pork or his money.
One Moses was called by the plaintiff: he stated that the defendant, in the presence of himself, and one or two others, speaking of the plaintiff, said; “ he did sell ninety dollars…
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- Ellis v. Northern Star Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
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