Eggleston v. Whitlock

This is an action of slander brought by E. H. Eggleston, the plaintiff, against John T. Whitlock, the defendant.

The declaration contained two counts. The defendant demurred generally to each count. The court sustained the demurrer to the first count and overruled the demurrer to the second count. The defendant pleaded the general issue to the second count, and a trial was had before a jury on the second count.

At the close of the plaintiff’s case the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. From the judgment on the verdict the plaintiff has prosecuted this writ…