Earley v. Winn
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Columbia county: E. Eat SteveNs, Circuit Judge. Action of slander, for that the defendant spoke of and concerning the plaintiff, on October 25th, in the presence of one James Lake and divers other persons, the following: “We want yon to come with ns to Woods’. Something is wrong. Bertha [meaning this plaintiff] is whipping her mother.”
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Columbia county: E. Eat SteveNs, Circuit Judge. Action of slander, for that the defendant spoke of and concerning the plaintiff, on October 25th, in the presence of one James Lake and divers other persons, the following: “We want yon to come with ns to Woods’. Something is wrong. Bertha [meaning this plaintiff] is whipping her mother.” Whereupon the person addressed, the city marshal, with the defendant, repaired to the plaintiff’s residence, where defendant said, “Shame, shame, Bertha Wood [meaning this plaintiff] , whipping your mother! She…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Tbe exceptions reserved and tbe assignments of error predicated thereon are very numerous, and many of them will be found unnecessary of consideration. An attempt will be made, as far as possible, to summarize those which present questions relevant to the integrity of the judgment, or likely to arise upon another trial.
1. Several assignments of error rest upon admission of evidence of a general reputation of the plaintiff for quarreling with and illtreating her mother before the utterance of the slander, of which the only áctionable words charged the of*296fense of “whipping” her. The law is well…
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