Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1916 (Bynum v. Miller)

MR. Cheié Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In actions for slander and libel, the general rule in Tennessee, contrary to what seems the current of authority elsewhere (25 Cyc., 496-498), is that statements of the defendant, made subsequent to those on which the suit is founded, are inadmissible in evidence against him. Saunders v. Baxter, 6 Heisk. (53 Tenn.), 369, 388-392; Howell v.