Burkett v. Griffith
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
— The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant to recover the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars damages, caused by certain false and malicious statements alleged to have been made by him concerning certain property of the plaintiff. The defendant demurred to the complaint upon the grounds of insufficiency and uncertainty; and from a judgment entered upon an order sustaining the demurrer, the plaintiff has appealed.
Although the term “slander” is more appropriate to *537the defamation of the character of an individual, yet the term “ slander of title ” has by use become a recognized…
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