Goolsby v. Wilson

Shulman, Judge.

On three separate occasions, during the course of three town hall meetings, appellee (then mayor of the City of Duluth) made certain statements concerning appellant (then Chief of Police of the City of Duluth). These statements related to the unexplained absence of money posted for a traffic offense. The statements which appellee admitted making in reference to appellant were: "If I catch anybody else stealing, I’ll do my dead level best to get rid of them, too.” "I exposed J. B. [appellant] a while back for taking money.” "I proved he took the money.” Appellant filed suit to…