Fitzgerald v. Young

This is an action for slander resulting in injury to plaintiff in her profession of teacher. She had been regularly employed at a salary of $45 a month to teach in a *695public school near the village of Panama -for nine months, beginning September 10, 1906. The defamatory expressions attributed to defendant are: (1) “Miss Fitzgerald is crazy and is an unmerciful liar and is unfit to teach school.” (2) “Miss Fitzgerald is crazy and not fit to teach school.” According to the petition, both statements were made “in the presence and hearing of Frank A. Phillips and divers other citizens,” the first…