Legal Opinion
Keller v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 23, 1940No. 8,063PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR: JUSTICE ERICKSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought to recover damages for alleged slander. Plaintiff charges in her complaint that on January 29, 1935, the defendant Safeway Stores, acting through its agent in the course and scope of his employment, did falsely in the presence and hearing of Mrs. Annie Bawden, plaintiff’s mother, utter of and concerning plaintiff the following unprivileged words: “She [speaking of plaintiff] cashed a cheek at the Safeway Store and ordered a sack of flour sent to an address where there was no house and received change for the check.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Harrington v. H. D. Lee Mercantile Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1934
- Atlanta Hub Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Paxton v. WoodwardMontana Supreme Court · 1904
- People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- Smith v. MunchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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3Cited by29 opinions
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