Alderson v. Kahle
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Nicholas County. Action for slander by F. N. Alderson against L. N. Kahle. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFEBNBARGER, JUDGE :
The declaration in this action, charging the utterance of slanderous and insulting words by the defendant, consists of two counts, in the first of which the words spoken are treated as actionable at common law and in the other as actionable under the statute. There was a demurrer to the first count only and the court overruled it.
The plaintiff is an attorney at law in good standing and repute and the defendant a physician and the owner of a boarding house. The latter had instituted a criminal proceeding against a certain woman, charging her with having absconded from said…
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