Sullivan v. McCafferty
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages for alleged slander. Defendant filed plea of general issue and brief statement. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1475.00. Defendant filed motion for new trial, and also exceptions to certain rulings of presiding Justice. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Action for slander in which the plaintiff recovered a verdict of $1475. The case comes to this court on the defendant’s general motion for a new trial, and on his exceptions to the refusal of certain requested instructions and to the giving of certain other instructions.
The slander complained of is that the defendant said of and concerning the plaintiff “he forged my name to that note,” meaning a certain note for fifty dollars, dated September 12th, 1916, on four months, payable to the order of the Rumford Trust Company, and signed by the defendant and also by Thomas W. Penley and the…
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