Conrad v. Roberts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The plaintiff sued to recover damages for an alleged slander. The petition contained five counts. The cause was submitted to the jury upon the third and fourth counts only, and upon both of these there was a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment rendered, from which defendant appeals.

The third count alleged, in substance, that defendant, in a conversation in the hearing of George McKinney, maliciously charged the plaintiff with being a whore. To this cause of action the defendant answered by a general…