Conard v. Dillingham

This is an action for damages which appellee, C. D. Dillingham, claims to have sustained as a result of certain slanderous statements alleged to have been made concerning him by the appellant, W. E. Conard. From a judgment for the former in the sum of $1,300 entered upon the verdict of a jury, and an order denying the latter’s motion for new trial, he appeals.

The cause of action is succinctly stated in the following complaint:

“That on5or about the twenty-fifth day of June, 1919, in the county of Maricopa, state of Arizona, in the presence of divers persons, the defendant did willfully,…