Miller v. Roy

Spoitokd J.

The plaintiff claimed $5000 damages of the defendantfor having called him a thief, and slandered him by divers other opprobrious epithets.

The case wras tried by the district judge, without the intervention of a jury, and resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of $300, from which the defendant has appealed.

We think 'with the district judge, that the allegations of the petition with regard to the publication of the slanderous words are substantially proven.

The defendant merely filed a general denial; he is therefore precluded from setting up a justification.

We do not…