Hanners v. McClelland
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dickinson District Court. — Hon. George IT. Carr, Judge. Action to recover damages for injury alleged to have been caused by slanders uttered by defendant. 'The case was tried to a jury, and a verdict and judgment rendered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The plaintiff was employed as servant in a summer resort on Spirit Lake, known as “Sampson’s Lodge,” from the fifteenth day of June to the fifth day of August of the year 1885. She was married at the time, but separated from her husband. She alleges that about the first of July of that year the ■defendant stated that he had caught her and his hired man in the act of sexual intercourse; that she was known in Worthington, in the state of Minnesota, as a prostitute, and that she was a “bitch and whore.” The ■defendant denies speaking the words alleged, and states in mitigation of damages that…
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