Belck v. Belck

Best, C.

The appellee sued the appellant for slander in charging her with being a whore.

The complaint contains a half-dozen different set of words, each making the above charge, one-half in the second and the other half in the third person.

An answer in denial and that the cause of action was barred was filed; a reply, trial, verdict, and judgment for f 1,000. A *75motion for a new trial was overruled, and this ruling is assigned as error.

The first point relied upon for a reversal is that the court •erred in refusing to continue the cause for three days because ■of the absence of one of the…