2 S.C.L. 439
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 1, 1802
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1802-07-01
SLANDER. Verdict for plaintiff. Motion in arrest of judgment. stated, that the plaintiff’s declaration contained three counts ; one for calling the plaintiff a hag thief, another for calling him a damned hog thief and a third for calling him a forsworn rascal.
Decided 1802-07-01
¶1without further argument, dismissed the rule upon the authority of Neal and Lezvis’s case, tried in Charleston,, in 1798, where it was determined, that if any one count in a declaration for slander was good, it was sufficient to found a judgment on upon a general finding.
¶2Rule discharged.