Beshiers v. Allen
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Bryan Countyj A. U. Ferguson, Judge. Action by Earl Allen against A. C. Beshiers. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This was an action for slander, tried in the district court of Bryan county, before Hon. A. H. Ferguson, judge. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant in error (plaintiff below), and the case is brought to this court by proper proceedings in error.
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Error from District Court, Bryan Countyj A. U. Ferguson, Judge. Action by Earl Allen against A. C. Beshiers. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This was an action for slander, tried in the district court of Bryan county, before Hon. A. H. Ferguson, judge. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant in error (plaintiff below), and the case is brought to this court by proper proceedings in error. For convenience the defendant in error herein will be called plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error defendant, being the positions they occupied in the trial court. The…
1Opinion of the Court
DEVEREUX, C.
(after stating the facts as above). It will be noticed that the petition does not set out the alleged slanderous words spoken to Walker nor those spoken to Dickerson. The words spoken to Dickerson, who was deputy sheriff, were spoken after the suit was commenced. This evidence was admissible because one of the causes of action of the petition showed that the alleged slanderous words were spoken to the** sheriff of the county while engaged' in hunting fox the culprits, and this, without proof of notice would be privileged, and therefore not actionable. While repetition of the words…
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