Nicholson v. Merritt
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 56 — Action foe Slandee APPEAR FROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment foe Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. (No brief in the record.)
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the coubt by
JUDGE DURELLE
Reversing.
The trial of this action for slander, for speaking of and concerning appellant words which imputed a charge of fornication, resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant (appellee). The words charged, and which, in substance, are admitted by appellee in his testimony to have *370been spoken by him, viz: “Has one oí Griff Nicholson’s girls had a young one? I heard it,”— undoubtedly make such a charge, and are therefore actionable per se. Kentucky Statutes, section 1; Nicholson v. Dunn (Ky.), 52 S. W., 935; Same v. Rust, Id., 933. This being so, we…
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