Teague v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Benton. This was an action on the case, at the suit of the plaintiff in error, in which the defendant is charged with having spoken of, and concerning him, Certain slanderous and defamatory words. The cause was tried oh issues joined, upon the pleas of not guilty, and the statute of limitations. On the trial, the plaintiff excepted to the ruling of the Court.
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Benton. This was an action on the case, at the suit of the plaintiff in error, in which the defendant is charged with having spoken of, and concerning him, Certain slanderous and defamatory words. The cause was tried oh issues joined, upon the pleas of not guilty, and the statute of limitations. On the trial, the plaintiff excepted to the ruling of the Court. It is shown, by the bill of exceptions, that the plaintiff introduced a witness, who testified, that the defendant had used the slanderous words charged in the declaration,during every year, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
It was formerly held, that unless the plaintiff, in an action of slander, proved the identical words laid in the declaration, he failed to support his action; but this strictness, it is said, has been long since relaxed, and it is now sufficient, if the plaintiff proves, that the defendant spoke words substantially the same as those stated in the declaration. [Kennedy v. Lowry, 1 Binn. Rep. 393; Miller v. Miller, 8 Johns. Rep. 74; Grubbs v. Kyzer, 2 McC. Rep. 305; Bell v. Bugg, 4 Munf. Rep. 260.] But, although it be allowed for the plaintiff to prove words which import the same thing in…
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