Leaper v. Gandy

In an action for slander plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant in the sum of $2,000 following the return of a jury’s verdict. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied by the court, from which order defendant appeals. The trial court made an order striking out plaintiff’s cost bill and also made an order granting defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict “in respect to the amount of damages”. Plaintiff appeals from the two orders last mentioned.

Defendant was the owner of a certain building…