Wilson v. Walt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action for damages for slander. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed.

From the record it appears that defendant and his wife had lived in Gove county, where they had property, and were the parents of several grown children, but in 1926 were living in Oregon City. Plaintiff is a funeral director and had been engaged in that business at Quinter in Gove county since 1923. In 1926 he married a daughter of defendant, and he and his wife visited with defendant and his wife at Oregon City, remaining there…