Cosand v. Lee

This is an action of slander. The first error assigned is the overruling of the appellant’s demurrer to the appellee’s complaint. The first objection urged to the complaint is that it does not show the plaintiff to be a female.

The complaint begins thus: “The plaintiff, Flora E. Lee, suing by her next friend,” etc.

The feminine gender is employed throughout the complaint in the use of the pronoun referring to the plaintiff. We think it sufficiently designates the plaintiff as a female.

It is next objected that the words charged to have been spoken of the appellee are not actionable per se. It is…