Line v. Spies

This is an action on the case for slander. The words charged in the declaration are, “He (meaning plaintiff) is a thief.” On the trial the defendant denied having uttered the words. Plaintiff’s case was made in the main by the testimony of John Stiles. Mr. Stiles was at the time sheriff of Menominee county, and in *485his official capacity had received from plaintiff, who was city attorney of Menominee, some papers to serve on the defendant. The witness Stiles testified that the defendant made use of the language imputed to him by the declaration. He further testified that a controversy had…