Clark v. Augustine

On August 6,1948, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendant consisting of two counts; count 1 charged defendant with having maliciously spoken and published false, scandalous^ and defamatory remarks intending to charge her with having feloniously stolen, taken and carried away from defendant’s cash box the sum of $164.91, for which she sought damages in the sum of $15,000; and count 2 charged defendant with having beaten, bruised and assaulted plaintiff, for which she sought damages in the aggregate sum of $30,000. Neither of the counts asked for a special finding that malice was the gist…