Conrad v. Logan

Plaintiffs brought an action for slander against defendant, Henry H. Logan. The complaint charged that defendant had spoken words which accused plaintiffs of a crime and injured them in their reputation and employment. Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on several grounds, one of which was that the alleged slanderous words were capable of being read innocently by ordinary, reasonable people and thus were nonactionable at law. The trial court allowed defendants motion and dismissed the suit. Plaintiffs appeal from that order of dismissal. The issue is whether the trial court properly…