Broughton v. McGrew
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
At Law. Action for slander by Frederick Broughton against William McGrew.
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, J.,
(charging jury.) -The action is by the plaintiff, Broughton, against the defendant, McGrew, for slander. It is charged in substance that the plaintiff was an employe of the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad, as general manager and assistant vice-president, and that the defendant, intending to injure him in that employment, maliciously uttered of him certain slanderous words. Omitting the explanatory phrases in the pleadings, and reading directly, it is charged that the defendant said of the plaintiff: “Ho has been drunk frequently, and you can’t expect Ms subordinates to remain sober when…
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