Bradford v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Alabama
[SLANDER FOR WORDS SPOKEN CHARGING PERJÜRT.] Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hon. JohN Gill SHORTER. ■This action was brought by James M. Edwards, against Philemon Bradford, to recover damages for the false and malicious speaking by defendant, of and concerning plaint-ifíj and of and concerning a certain deposition given by plaintiff as a witness in a cause pending between defendant and one Stewart, certain words charging plaintiff with perjury.
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[SLANDER FOR WORDS SPOKEN CHARGING PERJÜRT.] Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hon. JohN Gill SHORTER. ■This action was brought by James M. Edwards, against Philemon Bradford, to recover damages for the false and malicious speaking by defendant, of and concerning plaint-ifíj and of and concerning a certain deposition given by plaintiff as a witness in a cause pending between defendant and one Stewart, certain words charging plaintiff with perjury. The complaint, as set out in the record, contained three counts. The' judgment entry shows, that a demurrer was…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
To the amended complaint the defendant pleaded the statute of limitations. To this plea the plaintiff demurred, and his demurrer was sustained. Neither the plea nor the demurrer is set out in the record; but, from the argument of counsel, we suppose the plea was that the words charged in the amendment were uttered more than one year before the amended complaint was filed. The demurrer was rightly sustained.
In Agee v. Williams, 30 Ala. 636, we said — “The charge which he requested the court to give, assumes it to be law, that so far as the adverse possession of the defendant is concerned, the…
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