Brightman v. Davies

This appeal lies from a judgment for $250, rendered in an action for slander, in the District Court of Monmouth. The slander was spoken to the plaintiff, in her husband’s presence, while in the defendant’s hotel, which the plaintiff had entered in order to induce her husband to return home. The alleged slanderous words were as follows: “Get out of here, I have looked yon up, and in your younger days, and during your young life, you were no good, and T can prove it.”

*114It is first contended that there was no publication, it not being proved that the husband heard the slander. The evidence showed…