Yakavicze v. Valentukevicious
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for slander, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the court, Simpson, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff and defendant were members of the Lithuanian American Citizens’ Club located in New Haven.
It was the duty of a committee of the club, of which the plaintiff was a member, to procure a United States license for the sale of intoxicating liquors. The defendant had been told by some officer or member of the club, and believed, that the plaintiff had procured said license for $25 and charged the club $27 for the same, and thereby cheated the club out of $2, and otherwise misappropriated small sums belonging to the club. The club, contrary to its by-laws, voted to suspend the de…
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