Deitchman v. Bowles

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

Reversing.

J. A. Bowles sued William Deitcbman in the Jefferson Circuit Court for slander. He recovered a judgment in the sum of five hundred dollars; and the defendant appeals.

*286This case is the aftermath of a hotly-contested election, in the course of which, appellant in a campaign speech made remarks to which appellee took exception.

The language which plaintiff complained of was as follows: “This man is a great booster of Highland Park; he robbed his sister-in-law of three hundred dol-' lars, and.caused her to have to send her children to an Orphan’s Home.”

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