Trimmer v. Hiscock

Hai&ht, J.:

This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, by reason of the speaking by the defendant of certain false and scandalous words of and concerning the plaintiff personally and of his business as a hotel keeper. Upon the trial an attempt-was made to prove special damages. The evi- . dence tended to show that since about the time that the alleged slanders were uttered, there was a falling off in his business as a hotel keeper. This, however, was fully accounted- for by the plaintiff’s own witnesses, who testified that at about that…