Stewart v. Major

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This is an action for defamation of character. Hpon tbe trial of the cause tbe jury returned a verdict in favor of tbe respondent for $1,000. Six communications defamatory of tbe respondent were alleged to bave been made by tbe appellant, three of which were *239taken by tbe court from the consideration of the jury. The other three were submitted, and it will be necessary to notice only these. They were as follows:

“ That on the 18th day of February, 1896, the defendant, in a certain discourse which he had with one J. T. Sullivan, in the presence…