Ridgeway State Bank v. Bird

Plaintiff’s action is brought to recover damages for slander. At the time of the utterance of the alleged slanderous remarks and for a long time prior thereto, one Laughlin was the president of the plaintiff bank, a small banking institution located in the village of Ridgeway, and one J. T. Paul was its cashier, and these two officers were the owners of practically all of its capital stock. The complaint charges that on August 24, 1923, the defendant maliciously spoke of and concerning the said plaintiff, in the presence *420and hearing of one John A. Wise and one Joseph P. Hayes, in substance…