Johnson v. Featherstone

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ó’Rear

Affirming,

Appellee brought this action of slander against appellant who had charged appellee with a crime of false swearing committed in the course of a trial of a civil action in the Hickman circuit court. The plea was justification by asserting wbat was said was the truth. The answer also denied having maliciously and falsely spoken the words charged. The circuit court conceiving the traverse and the plea as incompatible required appellant to elect between them, which he did under protest, electing to stand on his plea of justification. The verdict and…