Rayne v. Taylor

This is a suit for damages for libel and slander, laid at thirty thousand dollars. The libel charged, is the answer filed by defendant, on the 15th November, 1855, in a suit instituted by plaintiff against him ; in which answer the defendant alleged that he had been defrauded by plaintiff. The slander charged, is the reiteration of the defamatory statements of defendant’s answer in that suit, alleged to have been spoken by defendant’s counsel and by defendant himself, in the presence and hearing of divers persons, and on numerous occasions.

On the trial of the cause, and after argument…