Case Name: Gerrit I. Houghtaling, plaintiff in error, agt. George W. Kelderhouse, defendant in error
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1848-09
Citations: 5 How. Pr. 80
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gerrit I. Houghtaling, plaintiff in error, agt. George W. Kelderhouse, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Howard's Practice Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 80–80

Head Matter:
Gerrit I. Houghtaling, plaintiff in error, agt. George W. Kelderhouse, defendant in error.
Judgment affirmed.
Henry G. Wheaton for plaintiff in error; R. W. Peckham for defendant in error.

Opinion:
This was a case which decided that in an action for slander, it is not competent for the plaintiff to introduce evidence of his good character, in reply to evidence introduced by'the defendant, tending to prove the truth of the charge. Reported, 1 Comstock, 530.