Colyer v. Huff

OPINION of the Couit, by

Ch. J. Boyle.

This was an action of slander. The defendant in the action demurred to the declaration ; the demurrer was overruled, a writ of inquiry awarded and a verdict found for the plaintiff for one cent in damages. The court, on the motion of the plaintdf, set aside the verdict and awarded a new writ of inquiry, on the ground'of the smallness of the damages only. The jury on the next trial assessed the damages to fifty dollars, for which the court gave judgment; to reverse which this writ of error is prosecuted.

The only question which merits any consideration, is,…