Johnston v. Belk-McKnight Co. of Newberry, S. C., Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

The respondent brought action to recover of the defendant damages for the alleged utterance of slanderous language in and about her, in connection with the forgery and utterance of a check bearing the name of Fred H. Dominick, which was accepted and cashed by the appellant, and which proved to be spurious.

The allegations of the complaint are to the effect that J. N. Beard, the manager of the appellant’s mercantile store In Newberry, S. C., in the presence of others charged the respondent with having forged the check and with having…