Henicke v. Griffith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

This was an action of slander, brought by plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) in the district court of Lyon *517county. A demurrer to the first and second counts of the petition was sustained, and this is the ruling now complained of. As the two counts are substantially alike, it will be sufficient to notice only the first. That is' as follows:

“That the defendant, prior to the commencement of this action, and at a time when the plaintiff was, as she now is, a married woman, as the defendant well knew, in a certain discourse which she, the…