Thompson v. Harris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

This was an action by the defendant in error as plaintiff below against the plaintiff in error as defendant below to recover damages occasioned by the speaking by him of certain false and slanderous language concerning the plaintiff. The petition contained four causes of action. In the first *125it was alleged that the defendant spoke the words con-' cerning the plaintiff -which were claimed to be slanderous at a given time and place and in the presence of a certain named person. The third cause of action set out that the defendant spoke of…