Harris v. Zanone
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Humboldt County, and from an order denying a new trial. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff, assessing the damages at five thousand dollars. Further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Action for slander.
It is alleged in the complaint “ that on or about the fifteenth day of April, 1887, at the city of Eureka, in the county of Humboldt, and state of California, the defendant, in the presence and hearing of divers good and worthy persons, spoke the following words of and concerning the plaintiff: She is a damned thief.'
The appellant contends that this allegation is insufficient, and that the demurrer to the complaint should have been sustained, for the reason that it is not alleged that the words charged to have been spoken were understood by those who heard them to refer to…
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