Legal Opinion
Radke v. Kolbe
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 14, 1900No. Nos. 12,106-(80)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action in the district court for Faribault county to recover $5,'000 damages for slander. The case was tried before Quinn, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $150. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action for slander. ,The plaintiff had a verdich for $150, and the defendant appealed from an order denying his< alternative motion for judgment of a new trial pursuant’ to Laws 1895, c. 320. The only question necessary to be decided in- order to dispose of *441this appeal is whether the complaint states a cause of action. The here material allegations of the complaint are these:
“That during all time hereinafter mentioned plaintiff has been, and now is, wife of John Badke. That on, to wit, the 15th day of September, 1897, at town of Byron, county of Waseca, Minnesota, the defendant, in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stroebel v. WhitneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Richmond v. PostSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Schmidt v. WitherickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
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