Ivie v. Minton
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: Percy R. Kelly, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. This is an action by Maggie May Ivie against E. C. Minton for slander.
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From Marion: Percy R. Kelly, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. This is an action by Maggie May Ivie against E. C. Minton for slander. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the common council of the City of Salem, the mayor had appointed a committee consisting of three councilmen and three other citizens to make— “a public investigation of charges appearing in the public press as to dishon'esty and misconduct upon the part of the police officers of the City of Salem, Oregon, and report their findings to the common council not later than June 9, 1913, and also to investigate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Benson
1-3. The first assignment of error goes to the sufficiency of the complaint, but the paragraphs above set *486out very clearly state the slanderous portions of defendant’s alleged statement in haec verba, viz., a “house of ill fame” and a “disorderly house,” and sufficiently allege that these expressions were spoken by defendant of and concerning the Cottage Hotel. The question as to whether or not defendant’s statement was a privileged communication and as to the propriety of the action of the trial court in submitting it as a question of fact to the jury is not free from difficulty. There is no…
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