Mann v. Roosevelt Shop

Action by Lottie Mann against Roosevelt Shop, Inc., a corporation trading and doing business as Radio Center, for slander. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.

Affirmed. On this appeal we review a judgment holding plaintiff's declaration bad. The action is for slander.

The plaintiff, a white woman, while in defendant's store, claims she was slandered by having the following language addressed to her by defendant's agent and employee while acting within the scope of employment:

"You are not as good as a Negro. I was hired here to see that Negros were not pushed around. Negroes have a…