Van Tuyl v. Riner

This was an action brought by appellees against appellant for slandering the title to eighty acres of land of appellees, situated in Warren county.

Actions of this kind have rarely if ever been brought in this State, perhaps because a great deal of latitude of discussion of such subjects has been practiced and tolerated.

Without doubt, however, such an action may be sustained, where the slander is • false and malicious, and where special damage results from speaking the slanderous words, such as preventing the selling or leasing' the land, etc., usually, however, against a stranger, who has no…