Williams v. Gordon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 28 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM NICHOLAS CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Starkie on Slander, 360, 361. Townshend on Slander and Libel, p. 135, secs. 44 to 48. Civil Code, secs. 144, 115, 118, 161, 65, 173. Revised Statutes, chap. 28, art. 8, sec. 2. General Statutes, chap. 71, art. 4, sec. 1. 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, p. 40, sec. 34. 2 Greenleaf on Evidence, pp. 330, 418, 419. 2 Bouvier’s Institutes, p. 514, art. 5. 1 Duvall, 59, Gregory v. McFarland. 4Met. 149, Steadman v.…
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Case 28 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM NICHOLAS CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Starkie on Slander, 360, 361. Townshend on Slander and Libel, p. 135, secs. 44 to 48. Civil Code, secs. 144, 115, 118, 161, 65, 173. Revised Statutes, chap. 28, art. 8, sec. 2. General Statutes, chap. 71, art. 4, sec. 1. 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, p. 40, sec. 34. 2 Greenleaf on Evidence, pp. 330, 418, 419. 2 Bouvier’s Institutes, p. 514, art. 5. 1 Duvall, 59, Gregory v. McFarland. 4Met. 149, Steadman v. Guthrie, &c. 4 Met. 284, Skillman, &c. v. Muir’s adm’r. 1 Chitty on PL, p. 389.- 2 Chitty on PL, pp. 621, 622. 1 B. Mon.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion oe the court.
This action for slander was brought by the appellant against the appellee, and the court having sustained a demurrer to the petition and refused to allow the filing of an amended petition to cure the adjudged defect in the original, the case has been brought here for revision.
The petition contains these allegations: “The plaintiff, John T. "Williams, states that on or about the 10th day of May, 1869, and 'on divers days before and since, the defendant Joel T. Gordon, in the presence of divers persons, spoke of and concerning the plaintiff these…
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