Huffman v. Shumate

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Logan.

-This was at, action of slander, in which there was a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the court on the point of law reserved.

The words as laid in the declaration are in the third person, as that •• he (meaning the plaintiff) stole,” &c. and the proof iti support of them is in the second person» as that you (meaning the plaintiff) stolé,” &c.

Whether this evidence supports the slander charged in the declaration, is the question.

The old doctrineof requiring proof of the speaking of the words precisely as laid in the declaration, has long…