Compton v. Wilkins

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

-Affirming.

Minnie Wilkins, by ber father as next friend, sued the appellant and recovered a $2,000 verdict against him for slander. It was alleged that the appellant falsely and maliciously spoke of and concerning her in the presence and hearing of divers persons certain slanderous words — unnecessary and too vulgar to copy here, but “thereby meaning that Minnie Wilkins had committed the crime of fornication and was a lewd woman.”

The defendant answered and admitted he ‘ ‘ spoke the substance or meaning of the words alleged in the petition and that the effect…