Darling v. Mansfield

This is an action of slander. It is claimed defendant charged plaintiff with the crime of incest with his sister. The specific language is not necessary to decision and is, therefore, omitted. At the trial testimony was permitted to be given of the general reputation of the wealth of defendant. The court instructed the jury that:

“The wealth or property possessed by this defendant is permitted in here only as bearing on the weight and credence that the community in hearing these things might give to his utterances.”

Counsel for defendant claims it was error to per-, mit such testimony of…