Smith v. Moore
Supreme Court of Vermont
Cas® for slander. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term., 1900, Washington County, Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant moved in arrest of judgment. Motion overruled, pro forma, and judgment rendered on verdict. The defendant excepted.
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Cas® for slander. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term., 1900, Washington County, Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant moved in arrest of judgment. Motion overruled, pro forma, and judgment rendered on verdict. The defendant excepted. The permission given the plaintiff to elect over and stand on the conversation which the defendant had with Cutler on November 16, after the plaintiff had introduced the conversation which defendant had -with Smith on November 15, as a substantive ground for recovery, was prejudicial to. the defendant, because…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
Action, case, for slander; plea, the general issue; trial by jury; verdict and judgment foir plaintiff.
At the time of the alleged slander the plaintiff was in the employ, as butter maker, of the Plainfield Co-operative Creamery Association, which was a corporation duly organized; and it was his duty to test the milk of the patrons, ascertain the amount of butter fat, weigh each patron’s milk, weigh the butter, keep a correct record of the quality of the milk, its weight, and the weight of the butter produced from it, and keep correct accounts with each patron. He had been in such employ since…
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