Frazier v. Grob
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Eugene McQuillin, Judge. (1) The petition contains neither' colloquium nor innuendo by which the language charged to be slanderous is explained and shown to charge the plaintiff with the commission of a crime. The petition is therefore insufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Eugene McQuillin, Judge. (1) The petition contains neither' colloquium nor innuendo by which the language charged to be slanderous is explained and shown to charge the plaintiff with the commission of a crime. The petition is therefore insufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment. The language charged to have been used by the defendant in its ordinary sense and without explanation did not charge the plaintiff with the commission of any crime. Christal v. Craig, 80 Mo. 367, 372; Krup v. Corley, 95 Mo. App. 640, 650; Boyce v. Aubuchon, 43 Mo.…
1Opinion of the Court
*409ON REHEARING.
2Per curiam
Action for damages for slander. The count of the petition upon which this case went to the jury charges that the defendant, on October 23, 1912, at the city of St. Líóuis, “wrongfully, wilfully and maliciously spoke and uttered of and concerning plaintiff, in the presence and hearing of divers persons, false and defamatory words as follows, to-wit: “You (meaning plaintiff) are a cock-sucker.” Charging that defendant’s wrongful conduct greatly humiliated plaintiff Eind caused her shame and mortification and so shocked and affected her nervous system as to render her weak, faint,…
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