Legal Opinion
Itri v. Lewis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 3, 1980No. 839PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The plaintiff filed a complaint in trespass alleging inter alia that the defendant had slandered her. The defendant filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer, motion to strike off and motion for a more specific pleading. The lower court sustained the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer since the complaint did not state the exact words which were allegedly slanderous. It then dismissed the complaint. We reverse and remand.
In the instant case the lower court sustained the defendant’s preliminary objections and dismissed the com plaint inter alia because the…
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