Crawford v. Shintaffer

Opinion by

RUTH, C.

This was an action brought by George E. Crawford, plaintiff in error, against S. L. Shintaffer, defendant in error, wherein the plaintiff alleged that he had suffered damages by reason of slanderous words used by the defendant of and about the plaintiff. For convenience, the parties will be designated as they appeared in the court below.

The controversy arose over a statement alleged to have been made by the defendant of and about the plaintiff, which words so spoken by the defendant and set up in the plaintiff's petition were as follows :

“The evidence of a man whose name is…