Billings v. Fairbanks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for slander. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Staples, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColburn, J.
The defendant, claiming to have lost money, accused the plaintiff, who was in his employ, of stealing it. Upon this accusation being made, the plaintiff, through his wife, informed one Leonard Foster, with whom he had lived for many years, from his boyhood up, of the accusation, and sought his advice. Foster went to the defendant, and had an interview with him, in which the, defendant informed him of the grounds upon which he made the accusation.
Upon this application made to him by the plaintiff, Foster had such an interest in the subject, and such a duty to perform, that he was entitled to…
2Cited by10 opinions
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- True v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
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