Welker v. Butler

This was an action on the case for slander. The words charged imputed to the plaintiff the crime of larceny. The defendant plead, first, not guilty; second, justification.

A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict for defendant, upon which the court, after overruling a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment against the plaintiff for cost.

Various errors are assigned relating to the action of the court in admitting evidence, and in giving and refusing instructions.

It is first objected that the court permitted the defendant to prove the general reputation of the plaintiff.

Such…