Weller v. Provow

— -This cause is for an alleged slander. Verdict went for defendant and plaintiff appealed.

The slander charged is as follows: “I went to Hampton & Weller’s store and saw Miss Anna Weller sitting on John Burrell’s lap with her arms arpund his neck. When she saw me she jumped about, ten feet, and he jumped about that far the other way. I like Mrs. Hampton and think she is a lady, but Anna Weller is a mean woman. ’ ’

The answer admitted the ■ use of the alleged slanderous language except the expression, “Anna Weller is a mean woman,” and pleaded the truth of the language admitted to have been…