Roscoe v. Schoolitz

CAMERON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial after a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff Jerome R. Roscoe.

We are called upon to determine whether the instructions on qualified privilege given by the court were correct.

The facts necessary for a determination of this matter on appeal are as follows. Plaintiff-appellant, Jerome R. Roscoe, a farmer, was married to Allie “Cathy” Roscoe. The plaintiff’s previous wife had died and he had been married to Cathy Roscoe for some 5 years when, late in 1963, Cathy Roscoe became suspicious of plaintiff’s activities and employed…