Swindell v. Harper

Poffenbarger, Judge:

This is an action of trespass on. the case for slander, brought in the circuit court of Raleigh County, July 5, 1897. The damages laid in the writ arc one thousand dollars, and in the declaration five thousand dollars, but no plea in abatement was filed, the only plea in the case being that of- the general issue. Two trials were had. In the first the jury failed to agree, and in the second there was a verdict for seven hundred and fifty dollars, upon which judgment was rendered, after overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest of' judgnient.

The declaration contains…