Schoonover v. Rowe

— Slander by Rowe against Schoonover. The defendant pleaded the general issue and two special pleas. As no question arises on the special pleas, it is not necessary to state them particularly. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff

On the trial, the plaintiff proved the speaking of the words as laid in the declaration ; — he also proved the speaking of the same words after the commencement of the suit.

The Court instructed the jury, that they had a right to not only infer malice from the words spoken since the commencement of the suit, but that they had a right, and it was then-duty, to take…