Mills v. Flynn
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. — Hon. Byron W. Preston, Judge. Action for slander. Defendant denied the alleged slander and pleaded certain facts in mitigation, which need •not be here set forth. On the issues joined, the case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $4,000, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
— Defendant is a retired farmer living at the time of trial at Riverside, Iowa. He was the owner of a farm near said town, and at the time it is claimed the alleged slanderous words were spoken plaintiff and her husband were his tenants, and as such were living upon the farm. It is claimed in the petition, which ■ is in three counts, that during the years 1908 and 1909-the defendant spoke of and concerning the plaintiff the following false and slanderous words:
Mrs. Mills will never get any better, as she has a disease which is incurable, and which she has caught from her husband, Frank Mills,…
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