May v. Anderson

This was an action instituted by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for slander of title to real estate. A special verdict was returned on which judgment was rendered in favor of the appellee for $200. Several questions are presented, but we will first consider whether the appellee was entitled to judgment on the special verdict. The complaint is sufficient if the facts found are sufficient to entitle the appellee to recover.

The jury find, in substance, that the real estate was worth $1,000 and that she was in the act of trading it to one Rhorer for $1,200; that while the…