Barr v. Gaines

Judge Ewing

delivered the Opinion of the Court — the Chief Justice did not sit in the case.

Barr brought an action of slander against Gaines, and filed his declaration against him, containing two counts. In the two counts, among various other specifications of slanderous words spoken by the defendant, of and concerning the plaintiff, is the following, contained in the second count; — “He (meaning the plaintiff) stole John Thomas’ hogs out of the pen built by Tandy Quesenbery. Robert Quesenbery told me so.” — “He (meaning the plaintiff) stole hogs.” And proved by a witness, that the defendant,…