McKenna v. Mansfield Leland Hotel Co.

An appeal was perfected to this court on a question of law from the Common Pleas Court.

The appellant, Sarah McKenna, as plaintiff in the lower court, filed her petition seeking damages for slander against The Mansfield Leland Hotel Company. She averred that, prior to the things complained of, she had been an employee of the defendant company and had a good reputation for honesty and honor; that the manager of the defendant company called her to his office and in the presence of divers people said, “yon stole the bntter and that is not the only thing you ever stole around here.” No special…