Hickerson v. Masters

*169Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

R. J. Hickerson sued Howard Masters for slander. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer .to, and dismissing the petition, plaintiff appeals:

The petition is as follows:

“The plaintiff, R. J. Hickerson, states that he now is, and was at all times hereinafter complained of, a duly ordained minister of the Gospel; that being his profession and calling in life.

“Plaintiff states that the defendant, Howard Masters, well knowing this fact, and wilfully, maliciously, wickedly and unlawfully, intending to injure plaintiff in his social and professional standing,…