Vial v. Larson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hancock District Court.— IIon. C. II. Keíley, Judge. Aetiou to recover damages for slander. There were 'several counts in plaintiff’s petition, but the issues as to all but two of them were withdrawn from the jury, and the damages allowed as to one of these were remitted by plaintiff. Defendant appeals from judgment rendered against him on the verdict in plaintiff’s favor under the issues raised on the remaining count of the petition.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
The evidence tended to show that plaintiff is by trade a painter; that defendant as a member of the school board of the independent school district of Britt, was asked by one Kleaveland, who was entering into a contract for the erection of a schoolhouse for the independent district, and who was about to sublet a contract for the painting, as to plaintiff’s fitness for doing the work; and that, in response to this inquiry, defendant answered that he thought plaintiff was not the man' the contractor wanted, and that he could not be relied upon, “ as he might use stuff there that was not called…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Chaffin v. LynchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
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