Graeter v. Hogan

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant for slander.

The alleged slanderous words set out in the complaint are as follows:

“ Mrs. Hogan, I want you to pay me that thirty-five cents you got from me under false pretences. You sold to me a ticket for a supper or festival to be given here when there was no supper or festival to be given, and you knew it. It was a scheme of yours to raise some money by selling tickets when you knew there was no such supper or festival to be given, and I want you to pay me back my thirty-five cents. You got it from me under false pretences.”

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