Verner v. Verner

Mississippi Supreme Court October 15, 1886

Verner v. Verner, 64 Miss. 321 (Miss. 1886)

Campbell

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The immunity of a witness in a judicial proceeding from liability to an action for slander is not affected by § 1004 of the code. “Justice and the cause of good government would suffer if it were' otherwise,” and it is inconceivable that the legislature intended by the enactment of said section to inflict a blow on “justice and the cause of good government.”

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name: Mary V. Verner v. Sallie J. Verner
Cited By: 8 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Slander. Action against witness. Section 1004, Code of 1880, considered. The immunity of a witness in a judicial proceeding from liability to an action for slander is not affected by $ 1004, Code of 1880, which provides that “all words which, from their usual construction and common acceptation, are considered as insults, and lead to violence and breaches of the peaee, shall hereafter be abtionable; and no plea, exception, or demurrer shall be sustained in any court within this State to preclude a jury from passing thereon.”