King v. Page

This is an action for damages for slander, wherein the plaintiff, Elbert B. Page, alleged in his petition and the amendment thereto, that the defendant, J. Calvin King, in February, 1930, in the town of Harrison, county of Washington, in the presence , of H. S. Smith' and other good and worthy persons, “did wilfully, falsely and publicly say of and concerning your petitioner the fol*196lowing false, scandalous, malicious and defamatory words, to wit: ‘Mr. Page (meaning Elbert Page) stole my bog, and I am going to prosecute Mm for it;’ and on another occasion, in February, 1930, in said town,…