Legal Opinion
Waln v. Putnam
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1972No. File 10838PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINANS, Judge.
The allegations of the complaint state a cause of action in slander. Slander is defined in SDCL 20-11-4, which insofar as this case is concerned is in pertinent part as follows:
"Slander defined. — Slander is a false and unprivileged publication, other than libel, which:(1) Charges any person with crime * * ¥ ".
The complaint alleges that defendant on or about June 5, 1969, at a meeting of the South Dakota Stock Growers Association held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, spoke and published within the hearing of all attending members the following false and slanderous words about the…
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- McKenzie v. William J. Burns International Detective Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Fahr v. HayesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1888
- Hackworth v. LarsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1969
- Fales v. KauppSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1968
- Barnhart v. AhlersSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Janklow v. Viking PressSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
- Petersen v. DacySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
- C. M. Gustafson v. General Motors Acceptance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Johnson v. Lebert Construction, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2007
- Flugge v. WagnerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
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