Rovira v. Boget

The plaintiff sued the defendant for slander. At the end of the plaintiff's case her complaint was dismissed. The judgment of dismissal has been affirmed, two justices dissenting. We think the plaintiff made out a case which should have been submitted to the jury. The law is not in dispute; it is well understood. It is the application of the law to the evidence which causes the disagreement among the judges.

The plaintiff was a widow, a Spanish lady, the mother of four children. She was stewardess on the steamer Orizaba plying between America, Cuba and Spain. The defendant was second steward…