Cribbs v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

This is an action for slander. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for the defendants. Plaintiff has appealed from the consequent judgment.

The assignments of error upon which plaintiff mainly relies are all based upon rulings of the court sustaining objections to the introduction of certain testimony in rebuttal. In order to understand the issue thus raised it will be necessary to refer briefly to the pleadings and the evidence.

The complaint alleged that defendants

“spoke and published of and concerning plaintiff the false, scandalous and malicious words, following, to-wit:…