Groes v. White

— Plaintiff sued defendant for slander. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition and plaintiff has appealed., The following facts appear from the petition: John P. Sharp leased a portion of his farm to defendant "White and another portion to one Eichman for the crop season of 1916. Thereafter said Sharp died testate, March 24, 191.6, leaving a widow and certain children.

The estate was administered in the prohate court by J. W. Moore and Linville Sharp, executors of decedent’s will. When the executors, in 1917, filed their final settlement, plaintiff Groes (who had bought the…