Bashford v. Wells

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

This is an action for slander. The petition alleged the utterance of words which the plaintiff claims imputed to him the crime of adultery. The trial court sustained an objection to the introduction of any evidence for the reason that the petition failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. In justification of this ruling two contentions are made: (1) That the language pleaded as defamatory did not charge an act of sexual intercourse; and (2) that, even if so, it did not charge adultery or any other public offense,…