Linville v. Earlywine

Earlywine, an infant, declared by his next friend against Linville, in slander. The declaration contains the usual 'colloquium, but no averment of extraneous facts. The words laid are:—“The sorrel horse is mine and Offutt’s, and Earlywine stole him.”—•“ Earlywine could be sent to the penitentiary for stealing.”—“ Earlywine could be sent to the penitentiary for stealing the sorrel horse.”—“ If he don’t get that horse, I will send him to the penitentiary.”—“tie stole a horse.”-—•“ He could be sent to the penitentiary for stealing 'the sorrel horse.”—“He stole the sorrel horse.” Plea, the…