Shull v. Raymond

This is an action for slander, in charging a married woman with having committed adultery. The complaint sets out the words, which, in the meaning given them by the dictionaries, would not be actionable, because not imputing any offence to the plaintiff. But the complaint also alleges that the words are slang words, in common use, and mean sexual intercourse between man and woman, and that they were used by defendant, and understood by the hearers in that sense. The evidence was sufficient to justify *67the jury in finding that the words were used and understood in that sense.

On the trial…