Picard v. Brennan

WEBBER, Justice.

An action for slander was heard by a Justice of the Superior Court, jury waived, and judgment for five hundred dollars was awarded to the plaintiff as against the defendant Brennan. We sustain Brennan’s appeal.

By his amended complaint the plaintiff charged that defendant Brennan made statements “in substance as follows:(a) That Plaintiff had been guilty of short-weighting customers on several occasions.(b) That Plaintiff did not leave the employ of Wilson & Co., Inc. voluntarily but rather was fired by Defendant Wilson & Co., Inc. because he had cheated customers of Defendant…