Simons v. Lewis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment condemning him to pay plaintiff five hundred dollars damages for slanderous words charged in the petition to have been applied by defendant to plaintiff. The “plaintiff answering the appeal, prays that the damages be increased.

The words used by defendant alleged in the petition are that plaintiff was a thief, rascal, had stolen from defendant and ought to be in the penitentiary, and the repetition of these and similar expressions is charged. The petition alleges malice; humiliation of plaintiff ■and his…