Charleson v. Russell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — Hon. C. G. Lee, Judge. Action for slander. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The parties to the suit are Norwegians, and they use the language of that country in their ordinary conversation. It is charged in the petition that defendant slandered the plaintiff in uttering of and concerning her, in Norwegian vernacular, words and phrases which, when translated, meant the following: “You_ must not go in .company with Katrina (Katrina meaning plaintiff). She (meaning plaintiff) is a woman of low character. She (meaning plaintiff) has done enough harm in my family. Had it not been for her (meaning plaintiff), Isabelle would yet have been at home, but Katrina (meaning…
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