Pawley v. Stone

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, John Pawley, who was the plaintiff below, brought this action for slander against the appellee, it being alleged in the petition that the appellee had spoken of and concerning him in the presence of another, “You stole my wood.”

This is the second appeal of this case, the opinion on the former appeal being reported in 215 Ky. 121, 284 S. W. 1012. The evidence on the second trial was substantially the same as on the first trial, and, as the facts are set out in the opinion on the first appeal, they will not be restated here.

The only…