Pillow v. Duncan

Opinion by

Judge Hines :

Appellant instituted two actions for slander in the Logan Circuit Court against appellee. A demurrer to each of the' petitions was sustained by the court below, and an appeal taken. On the hearing here both cases were considered together and the judgments of the lower court affirmed.

In the first case the words charged are: “He has stolen a board tree from me up there on the hill, and I am going to have him turned out of the church for it. Bill has stolen a tree from me up there on the hill.”

In the second case the words set forth are: “By the time Bill Pillow steals a…