Lehrer v. Elmore

JUDGE GUFFY

delivered tiie opinion of the court:

This action was instituted in the Graves Circuit Court by the appellant against the appellee to recover damages on account of a libelous publication which was published in the Mayfield Mirror, of which paper appellee was owner and publisher. ,The defendant filed a general demurrer to the petition,which demurrer was properly overruled.

The answer admitted the publication, but denied that it was false, malicious or libelous; denied that he meant to charge that plaintiff had committed the crime of horse stealing, and that he did not charge the…