Adkins v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Slander, in Dooly. Before Judge Powers, April Term, 1857. On appeal. This ivas an action for slander, brought by Hiram Williams against William Adkins, for charging, and saying of plaintiff that he had stolen defendant’s sheep. The defendant pleaded: 1st. The general issue. 2d. That the words, if spoken, were not spoken maliciously, or to injure plaintiff. 3d.
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Slander, in Dooly. Before Judge Powers, April Term, 1857. On appeal. This ivas an action for slander, brought by Hiram Williams against William Adkins, for charging, and saying of plaintiff that he had stolen defendant’s sheep. The defendant pleaded: 1st. The general issue. 2d. That the words, if spoken, were not spoken maliciously, or to injure plaintiff. 3d. The statute of limitations, that the cause of action did not accrue within six months from the commencement of this suit. The jury found for the plaintiff eight hundred and fifty dollars. Defendant moved for a new trial on the following…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
Benning J.
delivering the opinion.
Were any of the grounds of the motion for a new trial, good?
We think not. There is manifestly nothing in the first? second, and third grounds.
The testimony of Jones, referred to in the fourth ground, was “relevant.”
[1.] It is true, that the words to which that testimony related, were spoken some time before the day laid in the declaration, as the day of the speaking of the words declared on, but still, the speaking of the words at that earlier time, was a fact of some value, on the question of the quo animo with which, the words declared on were…
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