Hillhouse v. Peck
Supreme Court of Alabama
This action was slander, proseuted in Greene Circuit court. The words charged to'be the ground of the slander, were, that the defendant charged the plain tiff with having broken open, and read a letter, sent by mail to one Barron; and lodged in the post-office at Greensborough, of which office the defendant was assistant. The question raised in the court below, on a demurrer, which was sustained, and revived in this court — was, whether the words were actionable, perse.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This action of slander was brought by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant, in the Circuit court of Greene county. A demurrer *396was filed to the two first counts of the declaration, which was sustained; and this is npw. assigned as error.
Several objections have been made to the declaration, for alleged deficiencies- in the averments, &c.. These, it is unnecessary to consider, as the conclusion to which we have come, as-to the nature of the words charged as slanderous, will dispose of the case.
The declaration recites, that a letter had been sent by mail, from the city of Mobile, to J.…
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