Sanford v. Howard

Pearl Howard, now defendant in error but plaintiff in the court below, sued J. W. Sanford in the district court of Logan county, Okla., with a view to recovering damages for alleged slander. And after trial, and pursuant to a jury’s-verdict which found generally in her favor- and fixed the amount of her recovery at §1,000, the trial court accordingly rendered judgment against the defendant, Sanford. From the action of the trial court in overriding his motion for a new trial and in rendering said judgment, J. W. Sanford has-appealed.

In her petition said plaintiff alleged as-the basis for her…