Any wrong or damage done to another, either ln his person, rights, repu-tation, or property. Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 298, 42 Am. Dec. 739; woodruff v. Mining Co., 18 Fed. 781; Hitch v. Edge-combe County, 132 N. C. 573, 44 S. E. 30; Macauley v. Tierney, 19 R. I. 255, 83 AtL 1, 37 L. R. A. 455, 61 Am. St Rep. 770