Fulkerson v. Murdock

— This appeal is prosecuted by the defendant to reverse a judgment for $1,350, which the plaintiff recovered against him in an action for oral *152slander. Two propositions are mainly relied on to secure such reversal. The first is that the court erred in charging the jury that they might award punitive damages without proof of express malice in the speaking of the slanderous words. The next is that the court against defendant’s objection permitted a large number of witnesses to testify to the plaintiff’s moral character and reputation for truth, when his character had not been directly assailed…