Van v. Lewis

The demurrer is interposed on the ground that the amended complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The alleged slanderous words, including the quotation marks, are set. forth in the amended complaint as follows: “ That plaintiff had caused defendant to cash two checks of $25 each, which he, the defendant mailed in the Post-office at Forth Chatham, which checks were lost. * * * He had sent some cheeks to the bank in August, 1902, through the Post-office at Forth Chatham *356which the defendant had cashed for the plaintiff and that the checks were lost. * * * He…