Stevens v. Wilber

The plaintiff, a beauty shop operator, brought this action against the defendant for damages for an alleged slander, setting forth two causes of action in the first of which she asked for both general and special damages. The second cause is for an alleged trespass.

In her first cause of action, plaintiff alleges that defendant, in her shop and in the presence of other parties, published and declared of and to the plaintiff that she was a “dirty, low-down bootlegger,” meaning that plaintiff was engaged in the traffic and illicit sale of intoxicating liquors. At the same time and place…