Wright v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Edwards

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for slander, in which the complaint charges that plaintiff entered defendant’s store in Mt. Vernon for the purpose of purchasing a drink of root beer, and while therein, in the presence and within the hearing of divers persons, defendant, by and through its agents, falsely stated, concerning plaintiff (who is a white woman): “We can’t serve you because you are a nigger”; that a clerk of defendant, addressing the assistant manager, and referring to plaintiff, said: “Must I serve her?” and that the assistant…