Mulero v. Martínez Casanova

Jnan Mulero sued Tulio Martinez Casanova before the District Court of Humacao, for damages. He alleged, that he was a merchant and that he had always enjoyed a good reputation and credit. As his first cause of action he alleged that the defendant, wilfully and in the presence and within earshot of a number of persons, uttered the following words relative to the plaintiff and his business: “He keeps false accounts and I can prove it”; and as his second cause of action, that on the same dates and under the same circumstances as the first, the defendant said referring to the plaintiff: “You are…