MacIntyre v. Fruchter

The demurrer to the complaint must be sustained. The words alleged to have been spoken by the defendant of and concerning the plaintiff, to wit:

“You are a dirty bitch; (reiterated several times) you are a dirty lousy blackguard and a swindler. You are only fit for niggers to associate with , and only worked for niggers in the South”—

would have been libelous per se, had they been written or printed, but, having been .spoken only, are not slanderous per se, because they do not charge or import the commission of a crime by the plaintiff, and do not impute unchastity to her. There is no claim…