Rice v. Winkelman Bros. Apparel, Inc.

Plaintiff Wilfred C. Rice brought this action against Winkelman Brothers Apparel, Inc., for damages arising out of alleged defamation, invasion of privacy and abuse of process. A jury trial on the issues resulted in a verdict of no cause of action upon which judgment was entered. Mr. Rice has presented 25 questions for our review, some of which we deem meritorious, some of which we deem spurious, and none of which we find to constitute reversible error.

The facts very briefly are these:

In August, 1960, a woman purporting to be plaintiff’s wife called defendant’s store and opened a charge…