Tolleson v. Posey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on the case for words, in Carroll Superior Court. Tried before Judge D. F. Hammond, at the October Term, 1860.' This was an action brought by Jesse Tolleson against Pinckney C. Posey, to recover damages for slanderous words spoken by defendant, of and concerning the plaintiff, charging him with having stolen the shucks, fodder, and hogs of the defendant. ' The. words are alleged .to have been published on the 15th of October, 1857, and at other times before the suit…
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Action on the case for words, in Carroll Superior Court. Tried before Judge D. F. Hammond, at the October Term, 1860.' This was an action brought by Jesse Tolleson against Pinckney C. Posey, to recover damages for slanderous words spoken by defendant, of and concerning the plaintiff, charging him with having stolen the shucks, fodder, and hogs of the defendant. ' The. words are alleged .to have been published on the 15th of October, 1857, and at other times before the suit was brought. , On the trial, the plaintiff proved-the speaking of the ' words charged, by several witnesses/ to-wit:…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Jenkins, J.,
delivering the opinion.
Error is assigned, in this case, upon the ruling of the Court, admitting the evidence of Fanny Jones, offered by the defendant. This was one of the witnesses by whom plaintiff proved the speaking of the slanderous words. The defendant subsequently examined her to prove that plaintiff had attempted to bribe her as a witness in the case. She proved *375the attempt, but avers that she did not yield to the temptation, but on the contrary, that she, as plaintiff’s witness, had sworn to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Objection…
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