Studdard v. Trucks

Harrison, J.:

This was an action .by Joseph Studdard against William Trucks, for slander, in saying that the plaintiff was a man of bad character in the neighborhood in which he lived, as regards truth and veracity; and that he would not believe him on oath. No special damage was alleged.

The defendant demurred to the complaint; the demurrer was sustained, and the plaintiff appealed.

The only inquiry in this case is, were the words charged to have been spoken, actionable, without proof of any special dam-, age.

The distinction between words that are actionable in themselves, and such as are not,…