Williams v. Riddle
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Hopkins Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION op the Court by
Judge Miller
Affirming.
The question for decision is this: Was appellee liable in damages for slander when he said of and concerning appellant, “W. M. Williams is a damn negro and his mother was a Mulatto ? ’ ’ The trial judge sustained a demurrer to the petition; and the appellant having declined to plead further, the petition was dismissed, and Williams appeals.
There is a marked distinction, probably the result of some historical accident, between slander and libel. An action may he. maintained for words written, for which *461an action conld not be maintained if they were…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Pollard v. LyonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Riley v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Brooker v. CoffinNew York Supreme Court · 1809
- Schurick v. KollmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
- Spotorno v. FourichonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
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- Spears v. McCoyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
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