Zanley v. Hyde

The action is for libel. The defendant had judgment on a directed verdict, and plaintiff appeals. The plaintiff, a boy 15 years of age, residing with his parents in the city of Detroit, was taken by his mother to Yale, Michigan, where she obtained employment for him for' the vacation period in 1918 with a farmer named Palmer. The defendant, whose wife is a cousin of plaintiff’s mother, lived on a farm near by. Plaintiff frequently visited at defendant’s home while working at Palmer’s. After a few weeks, Palmer had no further need of plaintiff’s services and defendant, at plaintiff’s request,…