Turner v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabeer.

This is an action for damages based upon certain alleged slanderous statements made concerning the plaintiff; the delict charged being set out in the complaint in the following language:

“That on or about the 31st day of July, 1930, the defendant H. R.'Hoover, as General Manager of the defendant Montgomery Ward & Company, accompanied by two ladies, one of said ladies being in the employ of the defendant Montgomery Ward & Company, came to the home of the plaintiff, and the said H. R. Hoover, as said manager, stated to the plaintiff in…