Howard v. Dickie

This is an action for verbal slander. The circuit judge, at the close of the plaintiff’s case, directed a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff and defendant were trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Albion. A quarterly conference was called for the purpose of electing trustees for the ensuing year. The defendant was an official member of such conference, and entitled to a vote. The trustees were, in accordance with the church discipline, nominated *239by the pastor.. Among the names proposed was that of the plaintiff. The defendant thereupon moved that the…