Baker v. Winslow
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Allen, J., at January Term, 1922, of Pasquotanic. Tbis is an action of slander. Plaintiff alleged in bis complaint tbat be resides in Pasquotank County, and bas lived there since be was twelve years of'age, be now being fifty-two years old, and tbat be bas always borne a good character and reputation among bis neighbors and in the community where be made bis home, and that be deserved the same.
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Appeal by defendant from Allen, J., at January Term, 1922, of Pasquotanic. Tbis is an action of slander. Plaintiff alleged in bis complaint tbat be resides in Pasquotank County, and bas lived there since be was twelve years of'age, be now being fifty-two years old, and tbat be bas always borne a good character and reputation among bis neighbors and in the community where be made bis home, and that be deserved the same. That the defendant resides in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and bas for a number of years. Tbat in December of the year 1920 the defendant came to the home of the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Waleer, J.,
after stating the case: We will consider only the exceptions mentioned and discussed in the appellant’s brief, the others being abandoned either expressly or by the terms of our rule. Rule 34 (174 N. C., 837); S. v. Coble, 177 N. C., 588; S. v. Henderson, 180 N. C., 735.
The defendant’s first exception, as stated in the record and his brief, was taken to that part of the charge of the court as to the damages, the particular ground of the objection being that the court, in its instructions, permitted the jury to include in the damages, those of the plaintiffs mental anguish or…
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