Bache v. Stoltz

This is a suit for damages said to have. been caused by an alleged slander and trespass. The petition alleges that on Sunday morning, July 27, 1924, petitioner heard a noise in the alley of her home, and, upon investigation, found that the defendant had cut some branches from a peach tree, growing in her yard; that she inquired what he meant by doing so, whereupon defendant replied, “Because they were in my way and I will do- as I G- d-please”; that he then said, in the presence and hearing of others, “get inside you crooked thing, you are no good; I am watching you; wait—watch out and see…