Brady v. Chaffee

This is an action for slander; the judgment was for the plaintiff (defendant in error) for $200. Plaintiff in error is a doctor. Defendant in error is an under graduate nurse who had nursed two cases for plaintiff in error, and had been recommended by him in other oases. During their association as doctor and nurse, her conduct was that of a lady, and his conduct was that of a gentleman, and up to the moment when it is alleged that he spoke the slanderous words, there had never been a word of disagreement or a feeling of ill will between them. The last case defendant in error had nursed for…