Beatty v. Warren

DESMOND, J., pro tem.

The defendant appeals from a judgment aggregating $500, awarded plaintiff in an action based upon slanderous statements alleged to have been made by the defendant.

The complaint alleged in the first count that the defendant, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Miller, used the following language: “Elmo Beatty stole thirty-five dollars from a woman down the street, while delivering groceries there. There was One Hundred dollars laying there, and he -took Thirty-five Dollars.”

Another count alleged that the following language was used by defendant in the presence of Mr. Thomas A.…