Craig v. Pyles

JUDGE HAZELRIGG

delivered the opinion of the court.

The words spoken by appellee of and concerning the appellant, Katie A. Craig, wife of her co-appellant, namely, “She is a dirty bitch; she has no character, and is no account,” are not actionable words, in themselves importing, as averred in the petition, that appellant was “a whore, common prostitute, or was guilty of fornication and adultery.”

In Schurick v. Kollman, &c., 50 Ind., 336, the words spoken of the wife were that she was a d — -n b — h, meaning to charge, as is averred, a want of chastity and virtue.

The court held that the words…