Mull v. McKnight

William Mull commenced this action in the court below, against Thomas McKnight, for slander.

The complaint was in three paragraphs.

The defendant answered separately to each paragraph :

I. In general denial;

2. In justification ; and,

8. A former adjudication.

The plaintiff demurred severally to the third paragraphs of the answers to the first and second paragraphs of the complaint, respectively, but his demurrer was overruled.

Issue being joined, there was a trial, a verdict for the .defendant, a motion for a new trial and judgment for the defendant upon the verdict.

The plaintiff has appealed, and…