Hopkins v. Drowne
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for slander of title. Heard on defendant’s petition for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
This is trespass on the case for slander ■of title. At the trial of the case in the Common Pleas Division the plaintiff recovered a verdict in the sum of $5,000, and the case is now before us on the defendant’s petition for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict is against the evidence and that the damages are excessive.
The declaration charges, in the first count thereof, that defendant falsely and maliciously spoke and uttered the following false, scandalous, and defamatory words of and concerning the business of the plaintiff, to one G-eorge W. Rose, and to divers other persons who…
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