Shulse v. McWilliams

In this case the appellee sued the appellant in the Boone Circuit Court to recover damages for slander. As originally filed, appellee’s complaint contained four paragraphs, but, before .the trial of the cause, she dismissed her .suit as to the second and third paragraphs of her complaint. Issues were joined upon the first and fourth paragraphs of complaint, and, the venue of the cause having been changed to the court below, were there tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned for t-he appellee, assessing her damages in the ■sum of $400. Over appellant’s motion for a new trial, the •court…