Rubenstein v. Lee

Ethel Lee brought a slander action against Dora 5. Rubenstein, alleging that the defendant in the presence of other persons used certain false, defamatory, and slanderous words of the plaintiff, to wit: ’“You [Anna Belle Miller] and that other *50crook, Miss Lee, helped Newman Silver beat my husband out of $500,” and at the same time and place: “You and Miss Lee are stockholders, and are just as crooked as Newman Silver, for you helped him beat my husband out of $500.” The petition alleged that the words “crook” and “beat” were used and intended to convey the meaning of the defendant that the…