Weinstein v. Rhorer

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Bratcher

— Reversing.

The appellee, who was the plaintiff below, instituted this action against the appellant, the defendant below, to recover damage for slander, alleged to have been spoken by the appellant concerning the appellee.

The appellee was city prosecuting attorney of Middlesboro, Bell county, Ky., and was, at the time of the alleged acts, a candidate for re-election to that office.

The petition avers that defendant “falsely and maliciously spoke and published in the presence and within the hearing; of R. D. Chumley and divers other persons, in Bell County,…