Bell v. Fernald

Sherwood,’ O. J.

This is an action to recover for alleged slander. Tbe defendant is proprietor of a laun*268•dry in the city of Detroit. The plaintiff is a young woman who had been in the employment of the defendant at his laundry up to the time the slanderous words are alleged to have been spoken, about 18 months. The words charged in the declaration as slanderous were •spoken of the plaintiff on September 21, 1886, and are ■as follows:

“For some months back I have missed things from my laundry, — gentlemen's wear. Jennie has stolen them out of my laundry, and I have come to search your house.”

It…