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Friedman v. Connors

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 6, 1935PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, J.

This action of tort for slander and libel was brought in the Superior Court. The declaration is in two counts as follows: (1) “And the plaintiff says that some time in July, 1933, the defendant did publicly, falsely and maliciously accuse the plaintiff of a crime of larceny by uttering the following words, ‘You (meaning the plaintiff) took a pair of shoes from the store (meaning the store wherein the defendant was employed) without paying for them’ (meaning thereby that the plaintiff did steal a pair of shoes from the defendant’s store, all to her great damage, as claimed in her writ”; (2)…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
  2. Commonwealth v. AlthauseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  3. Lyman v. New England Newspaper Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  4. Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  5. Merrill v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Bander v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Sharratt v. Housing Innovations, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  3. Ingalls v. Hastings & Sons Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Lynch v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. Attorney General v. Trustees of Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946

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