Slander

In torts. Oral defamation; the speaking of false and malicious words concerning another, whereby injury results to his reputation. See Pollard v. Lyon, 91 In S. 227, 23 It. Ed. 308; Fredrickson v. Johnson. 60 Minn. 337, 62 N. W. 388; Ross v. Ward, 14 S. D. 240, 85 N. W. 182, 86 Am. St. Rep. 746; Gambrill v. Schooley, 93 Md. 48, 48 AU. 730, 52 In R. A. 87, 86 Am. St. Rep. 414; Republican Pub. Co. v. Mosman, 15 Colo. 399, 24 Pan. 1051; Civ. Code Ga. 1895, § 3837.

— Slander of title. This is a statement of something tending to cat down the extent of title to some estate vested in the plaintiff. Such statement, in order to be actionable, must be false and malicious; i. e., both untrue and done on purpose to injure the plaintiff. Damage must also bave resulted from the statement. Brown. See Burkett v. Griffith, 90 Cal. 532, 27 Pac. 527, 13 L. It. A. 707, 25 Am. St. Rep. 151; Carbondale Inv. Co., v. Burdick, 07 Kan. 329, 72 Pac. 781; Butts v. Long, 94 Mo. App. 687, 68 S. W. 754.