Robert Jones and Gwendolyn Jones, Husband and Wife v. Sears, Roebuck & Company

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant in this diversity case appeals from judgments entered in favor of plaintiffs on their actions for slander and damages resulting therefrom in the total sum of $12,905. 1

Appellee had been a clerical employee of defendant’s store in Lansing, Michigan, for four and one-half years. In March of 1969 she bought a used manual typewriter from Sears for $20 for her husband to use in connection with his night school classes. She testified that the purchase had been unsatisfactory, and subsequently she saw another used typewriter available for sale in the same department.…