Taylor v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Slander, in Twiggs Superior Court. Motion for a new trial. Decided by Judge Hardeman, September Term, 1853. Benjamin B. Smith brought his action of slander in Twiggs Superior Court, against Samuel Taylor and wife, returnable to the September Term, 1850, for words spoken by the latter. The declaration charges that the words were spoken on the first day of May, 1850, and were as follows: “that plaintiff kept Mrs. Louisa P. Lynch and gave her the c**p.”
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Slander, in Twiggs Superior Court. Motion for a new trial. Decided by Judge Hardeman, September Term, 1853. Benjamin B. Smith brought his action of slander in Twiggs Superior Court, against Samuel Taylor and wife, returnable to the September Term, 1850, for words spoken by the latter. The declaration charges that the words were spoken on the first day of May, 1850, and were as follows: “that plaintiff kept Mrs. Louisa P. Lynch and gave her the c**p.” The defendants filed the plea of the general issue. The cause was carried to the appeal by consent, and continued once thereafter by the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
A witness of the defendant’s swore of two witnesses that had been examined by the plaintiff, as follows: “From the knowledge I have of their character in the neighborhood, for truth and veracity, I should weigh their evidence, in a Court of Justice, with a considerable degree of allowance.”
This testimony says, in effect, that the two witnesses bore in their neighborhood, a reputation for truth which was not good.
To rebut it, the plaintiff examined two witnesses, who swore that they were acquainted with the character of the two impeached…
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