Summary
In Houghtaling v. Kilderhouse (1 N.Y. 530), in an action for slander, after the defendant had given circumstantial evidence tending to show that the charge was true, plaintiff offered to prove that his general character was good and the exclusion of such evidence was held proper.
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November Term, 1848
H.G. Wheaton, for the plaintiff in error.
R.W. Peckham, for the defendant in error.
THE COURT, after advisement, were of opinion that the point had been properly decided in the courts below, and therefore the judgment was affirmed.