Legal Opinion

Goode v. Wall

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 23, 1878Published

APPEAL PROM CASEY CIRCUIT COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

*888Opinion by

Judge Elliott :

The judgment in this case was rendered before the new code took effect, and although the appellant has not complied strictly with the rules of the court in making the proper indorsement on the record, the error does not authorize the dismissal of the suit. Perhaps the clerk of this court should have refused to docket the suit till the proper indorsement was made. As to the merits of the case, one of the charges made by plaintiff in this action of slander was that the defendant had maliciously, in the presence of divers persons, spoke of the plaintiff these words: “I…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Trabue v. MaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1835
  2. Williams v. GordonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876

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