Berot v. Porte

Plaintiff sues) defendant in damages for alleged slanderous words spoken on two separate occasions. He says that defendant, without cause or provocation, referred to him as being of negro blood; that the statements were slanderous, false, and defamatory; but he does not charge malice, evil intent, or ill will on the part of defendant.

Defendant denied the use of the language attributed to him in the petition, and it was not proved. He claimed that the only occa-' sion upon which he had referred to plaintiff was when he, as a member of the Order of Druids, appeared before the Investigation…