Dodge v. Gilman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Watonwan county to recover $2,000 for slander. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. Tbe case was tried before Pfau, J., wbo denied plaintiff’s motion for an instructed verdict in sucb sum as tbe jury deemed proper, under tbe instructions of tbe court, and a motion by defendant for an instructed verdict in bis favor, and a jury wbicb returned a verdict for $275 in favor of plaintiff.
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Action in tbe district court for Watonwan county to recover $2,000 for slander. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. Tbe case was tried before Pfau, J., wbo denied plaintiff’s motion for an instructed verdict in sucb sum as tbe jury deemed proper, under tbe instructions of tbe court, and a motion by defendant for an instructed verdict in bis favor, and a jury wbicb returned a verdict for $275 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This is a slander case. Plaintiff recovered a verdict, and a motion of defendant for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial was denied. Judgment was entered on the verdict, and defendant appealed therefrom to this court.
The facts which the evidence warranted the jury in finding as true, stated only with enough detail to make understood the questions involved here, are as follows:
An action was on trial before a justice of the peace in the city of St. James involving the ownership of a cow. In this action one I-Iinton was plaintiff, and the defendant here was defendant.…
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