Crellin v. Thomas

122 Utah 122 (1952)

247 P.2d 264

CRELLIN

v.

THOMAS.

No. 7763.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided July 29, 1952.

J. Grant Iverson, Jack Fairclough, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

LaMar Duncan, E. LeRoy Shields, Salt Lake City, for respondent.

CROCKETT, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for two slanderous statements which defendant allegedly made to others concerning plaintiff: One in March or April of 1949, that "Mrs. Crellin was a whore"; the other in October of 1949, that "* * * Mrs. Crellin had worked in a house of prostitution". The former is clearly slanderous per se, and the second would…