Hales v. Commercial Bank of Spanish Fork

McDONOUGH, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff sued defendants on two counts for alleged defamation. In the first cause of action plaintiff alleged that defendant Dixon, while acting as cashier of defendant bank, said of plaintiff to Max Packard:

“I figured that Duane had taken the check, forged his mother’s name and taken the money.”

In the second cause of action, plaintiff alleged that said cashier, in the presence of Max B. Hales, said of plaintiff:

“You can even see where he cut off the top of the check and changed the date on it,”

and that

“The best thing for him to do is to pay off the check because the…