Butler v. Stites

This ivas an action brought jointly by a husband and his wife for slander to the wife. The jury returned a verdict in their favor for $10,000, but the trial judge suggested a remittitur of $2500, which was accepted under protest by the plaintiffs. Both plaintiffs and defendant have appealed in the nature of a writ of error and have assigned errors in this court. The slanderous words set forth in the declaration were actionable per se under section 5155 of Shannon’s Code. The declaration contains no averment of special damages from the slander suffered by the plaintiff C. E. Stites. The…