Ellis v. Whtehead

Plaintiff recovered a judgment in an action for slander, from Avhich defendant appealed. The language, as'counted upon, is as follows:

“Tom Ellis is a damned, Ioav-lived,'thieving, son of a bitch; and I have had a man watching him, and seen him steal, and I believe you know he is a thief.”

The undisputed testimony shows that the conversation occurred in the presence of several gentlemen, all but one of whom were partners with plaintiff and defendant in the Lansing Ice Company, hereinafter mentioned. The defendant’s accusation appears to have grown out of the fact that plaintiff had taken, and…