Pierce v. Burns

Wolcott, J.:

This is an appeal by Pierce from a judgment entered on a jury’s verdict against him in an action of slander brought by Burns.

The facts leading to the action are that Burns was a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of which Pierce, at the time of the incident complained of, was President.

*168On October 5, 1960, Burns, Assistant Business Manager of the Union, was charged by a fellow Union member, Shapoval, with having violated Section 55, Paragraphs A and B of the Union Constitution. No details of the specific act of Burns were given in the charge.

Section 55,…