Wolff v. Benovitz

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

This ordinary action was filed in the Jefferson circuit court on May 9, 1942, by appellants, and plaintiffs below, Max and Harry Wolff, partners, doing business under the name of Wolff Poultry & Egg Company, against the appellee, and defendant below, L. Benovitz, by which plaintiffs sought to recover damages for slandering their business, which they placed in their petition at $5,100 actual damages and $20,000 punitive damages.

Defendant denied the falsity of the charge made in the petition, as well as the malice charged therein, and then pleaded…