Derham v. Derham

The plaintiff is the daughter-in-law of defendant, and at the time of the commencement of this action lived with her husband on a farm owned by defendant. The action is trespass on the case for slander. The first count of the declaration alleges that on March 27, 1897, at the city of Corunna, Shiawassee county, the defendant spoke and published, in the presence of others, the following defamatory words of and concerning plaintiff, to wit:

“I knew her grandfather Link. He was a woman’s, man, and Rose is just like him. ■ Her mother, Henrietta Parkhurst, is like her father, and Rose is no better.”