Kaplan v. Edmondson

Mrs. Bettie Kaplan brought suit against G. A. Edmondson, alleging in substance that on December 12, 1940, while the defendant was at her home attempting, to repossess certain household furniture which she had purchased from him, and while she was resisting his efforts to remove the goods from her home, the defendant, in the presence and hearing of his collector, one Mr. Pittman and her two small children, said to her, “You damned old bitch, you, Pm going to take my stuff, and I will beat you with my cane before I get out of here;” meaning by the use of the word “bitch” that she was a whore…