Kellar v. James
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Tucker County. Action by Verna Kellar against Nancy E. James and another for slander. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PoffenbaRgeR, Judge:
In the circuit court of Tucker county, a demurrer was sustained to the declaration of Verna Kellar, alleging against the defendants, Nancy E. James and George McClelland James, slander and defamation of the character of the plaintiff, and to the consequent judgment of dismissal she obtained a writ of error.
The defendants were husband and wife and the declaration charges, first, the utterance of slanderous language by the husband in the presence of certain persons named as well as others; second, the utterance of the same language by the wife in the presence of certain…
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