Thomas v. Fischer

This was an action on the case, in the Adams circuit court, for slanderous words, uttered in the German language, importing, when translated into our language, that plaintiff was a whore. The plea was, not guilty. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff of sixteen hundred dollars damages, when, a motion for a new trial having been made, the plaintiff remitted one-half, and judgment was rendered for the remainder—eight hundred dollars. To reverse this judgment the defendant appeals.

The words are charged as spoken in different ways in the declaration, and it is made a point by…