Lee v. Stanfill

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

This is an appeal prosecuted from a judgment of the Whitley circuit court sustaining a general demurrer to the petition and dismissing same, in an action for slander brought by the appellant, John Lee, against the appellee, Lafayette Stanfill. It is alleged, in the petition that:

“The defendant, Lee Stanfill, on or about the ............ day of June, 1915, in Whitley county, Kentucky, falsely and maliciously said of and concerning this plaintiff, ‘John Lee tried to hire a man to kill Hiram Taylor/ thereby imputing to this plaintiff the crime of…