Johnson's Administratrix v. Haldeman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 28 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The word “slander” does not embrace libel. Ky. Statutes, Sec. 1661 and 2516; Civil Code, Secs. 123 and 124; Townshend on Slander and Libel, chap. 1. 1. The word slander as used in the statute embraces libel; one may be slandered by words spoken, or by words written. Bacon’s Abridgement Title Slander.
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Case 28 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The word “slander” does not embrace libel. Ky. Statutes, Sec. 1661 and 2516; Civil Code, Secs. 123 and 124; Townshend on Slander and Libel, chap. 1. 1. The word slander as used in the statute embraces libel; one may be slandered by words spoken, or by words written. Bacon’s Abridgement Title Slander. Bspinasse Nisi Prius, vol. 2, page 496 and page 503; Folkard’s Starkie on Libel and Slander, pp. 3 and 5; Buller’s Nisi Prius, 1; Hilliard on Torts, sec. 2, chap. 8; 2; Kent, 16; Townshend, 68; Lord Holt on Libel, 225; Lord…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BURNAM
delivered the opinion op the court.
The only question in this case is whether an action for libel survives the death of the plaintiff. Appellees were sued by Andrew Johnson for publishing an alleged libel against him. Before trial he died, and his administratrix moved the court to revive the action in her name. This the court refused to do, holding that the action was embraced by *164the provisions of section 10 of the Kentucky Statutes, under the word, “slander.” By that section actions for slander do not survive. As libel is not named in that section, the question is, does the word…
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