Dixon v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. Action of slander. The petition, alleges that on or about the 24th day of April, 1871, the defendant, in the presence and hearing of Richard Germond and others, maliciously spolce and published concerning plaintiff the following false and defamatory words, to wit: “ You were the last person in my store; I have missed a pair of shoes, and you took themand “ he ” (referring to plaintiff-’s husband) “ need not come to see me about the shoes…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. Action of slander. The petition, alleges that on or about the 24th day of April, 1871, the defendant, in the presence and hearing of Richard Germond and others, maliciously spolce and published concerning plaintiff the following false and defamatory words, to wit: “ You were the last person in my store; I have missed a pair of shoes, and you took themand “ he ” (referring to plaintiff-’s husband) “ need not come to see me about the shoes unless he comes to pay for them.” On the evening of Saturday, the 22d of April, 1871, the plaintiff procured from…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.
1. Evidence: corroboration: slander. I. The defendant details the occurrence of April 22d, as follows : “ I remember the circumstance of Mrs. Dixon calling at my store on the night of the 22d of April. I showed her some children’s shoes. I got a number ten pair of shoes of the kind she said would suit her, and went to clear the pegs out; we have a sideboard and no counter on the side; the shoes are kept on the right hand side of the store; I had received several ¡cases of shoes that afternoon ; these button shoes were one of those lots lying on the sideboard; *127Mrs. Dixon was…
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