Stevens v. Whelan

The order appealed from sustains the plaintiff’s first cause of action which is predicated upon slander. In substance its allegations are that the plaintiff and his wife are in the antique furniture business, and enjoy a good reputation; that the defendant delivered to the plaintiff a certain commode to be sold by him, and in the event of sale, to transfer the title by bill of sale; that pursuant to such authority the plaintiff' did sell the *119commode to Ginsberg & Levy, Inc.; thereafter the defendant maliciously and with intent that it be believed that the plaintiff was guilty of the crime of…