Rowe v. Myers
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Brennan, J. Case by Ida E. Rowe against Martha E. Myers for slander. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This is an action for slander. The plaintiff is a woman 60 years of age, and it is her claim that on the 30th day of June, 1917, on a public street in the city of Flint, and in the presence and hearing of other persons, the defendant called her “Nick Myers’ old whore.” The defendant filed a plea of the general issue and gave notice of justification. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000.
1. The defendant sought to show, under her plea of justification, that the plaintiff, before she was divorced from her husband in 1899, and while she was living with him in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leonard v. PopeMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
- Fahey v. CrottyMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Simons v. BurnhamMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Fowler v. GilbertMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
- Cadwell v. CoreyMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re GoormanDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1922
- Doran v. PriddyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1981