Medaugh v. Wright

This was an action of slander. The first paragraph charged that the defendant maliciously uttered and spoke, of and concerning the plaintiff, in. the presence and hearing of one Tillman, the following false, defamatory and slanderous words: “ He (the plaintiff' meaning) is a notorious scoundrel; he (the plaintiff meaning) stole corn enough out of the Stephenson warehouse (meaning a certain warehouse in the neighborhood, where. corn was stored) to feed two horses all winter; he (the plaintiff meaning) stole corn enough out of the warehouse down *138there to feed his horses all winter.” The second…