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5 Ind. 270

Vincent v. Dixon

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1854

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1854-06-15

<p>In slander, the plaintiff can not prove the speaking of words not laid in the declaration, to aggravate the damages.</p>

Decided 1854-06-15

Per Curiam.

¶1Case for slander.' Charge complained of, larceny. Pleas, the general issue and justification.

¶2On the trial, after the plaintiff had proved, by two witnesses, the speaking of the words laid in the declaration, he was permitted by the Court, the defendant objecting, to prove the speaking of similar slanderous words, upon other occasions, expressly for the purpose of aggravating *271the damages. The Court erred in this, according to numerous decisions of this Court.

J. S. Buckles and W. March, for the plaintiffs.T. J. Sample and D. Kilgore, for the defendant.

¶3The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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