Stokes v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes :

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court sustaining a demurrer to the complaint upon the ground that it does not state a cause of action for slander, which was intended, and the sole question is whether such was error.

Appellant’s printed argument contains a three-page “brief” of the complaint which is the source of the following summary of the allegations, which latter of course must be taken as true for the purpose of the consideration of the demurrer.

Appellant was employed to perform the duties of cashier in a…