Harris v. Purdy

JUDGE SAFFOLD

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought by Purdy against Harris for slander. The declaration states that a suit, Harris against Purdy and others, had been tried before JohnB. Moore, a justice of the peace of Jefferson county, in which Purdy had given testimony on oath, and contains a colloquium, concerning the suit and his evidence, in which Harris said of Purdy “ He swore a lie,” meaning thereby that he had committed perjury in giving his evidence. The declaration has seven counts, but in all but the fourth, the statement of the cause of action is…