Renick v. Hays

Opinion of the Court by

Judge -Clarke

Affirming.

In this action for slander, plaintiff recovered judg ment for $500.00, and defendant has appealed.

The utterance charged is, that Renick said: “John Hays has been stealing chickens from Stephens, sometimes called Teed Rector.” The answer denies the utterance, pleads its truth, and alleges that what the defendant said to plaintiff was: “You have been accused of stealing Teed Rector’s chickens, and you told me yourself you did steal them.”

The affirmative allegations of the answer were traversed of record, and, upon trial, these issues were submitted…