Franklin v. Evans

S. L. Evans brought suit against Mrs. Martha Franklin for slander, alleging that the defendant uttered defamatory words about the plaintiff charging him with being a thief. The jury returned a verdict for $100. To charge that another is a thief is actionable per se in this State. Tillman v. Willis, 61 Ga. 433. The Code, § 105-2002, declares: “In every tort there may be aggravating circumstances, either in the act or the inten*178tion, and in that event the jury may give additional damages, either to deter the wrong-doer from repeating the trespass or as compensation for the wounded feelings of…