Barringer v. . Deal

Tbis action is -to recover damages for tbe slander of tbe feme plaintiff. Tbe charge, if not true, was a cruel and malicious slander. Tbe defendant in bis answer does not plead justification, but admits tbat at tbe time of making tbe libelous statement be did not know tbat it was true, and in bis evidence admits tbat it was not true. He does not plead privilege, and it was not an occasion for privilege.

Tbe first exception is because tbe judge excluded tbe following question: “You admit in your answer using tbe language charged for a purpose. ' Tell what your purpose was.” Tbis question was…