Pearce v. Brower

Blandeord, Justice.

Pearce brought his action for libel against Brower, in which it is alleged that the defendant wrote and published of plaintiff, that the plaintiff had collected money as a con*244stable, and appropriated it to his own use. Evidence was submitted by plaintiff tending to show that the statement was not true; it was also shown that Brower was a road commissioner, and that the communication was addressed to the clerk of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Floyd county. When the plaintiff had closed, the defendant moved to non-suit plaintiff, upon the ground that the…