case law against Harwood Michaelmas term car roll in a action for the slander  of title a special damage must be show lie Jones cro James cro Elizabeth roll  Rep Yelv more side palmer raym Com dig Com dig a action for slander of title  be not within James c which give no more cost than damage if under S post side  Jones salk Mod Mod stram Com dig Com dig r term Rep error of a judgement in  Windsor in a action on the case for slander of title the plaintiff declare  whereas he be seize in fee as copyholder of land in d within the jurisdiction  of the defendant court that the defendant say he have not any title to those  land the defendant justify and issue be take thereupon it be find against the  defendant and damage assess to ten shilling and sixpence cost and the court  increase the cost to three pound and judgement give accord the first error  assign be that the declaration be not good because he do not show that by the  occasion of those croak car word he have any prejudice as that he be bargain  for the inheritance with any or for a lease or any other special prejudice the  second error be because damage be find but at ten shilling he may not by the  James c have more cost than damage all the court agree as to the first error  assign that the declaration be not good and so the judgement be erroneous  because the action be not maintainable without show special prejudice no more  than for call one whore or bastard without show special cause of temporal  damage as in whether davies case a and it be not like to word speak which  imply slander and temporal loss as thief and bankrupt or such like but slander  of one title do not import in itself loss without show particular the cause of  loss by reason of the speak the word as that he can not sell or let the say  land but be general word they be not sufficient to the second error assign all  except hide who seem to doubt thereof hold that the action be out of the  statute of James c as well for the time of limitation as for the cost for that  extend to action for slanderous word which be intend to the person of man and  be common action and rather begin of spleen than otherwise but not to this  action which be rare and not bring without special damage but for the first  cause the judgement be reverse