Vincent v. . Pace

The complaint, after alleging that Mrs. Sinclair Yincent having become suddenly ill, and continued so until she presently died, defendant had been called to the home as a near neighbor, and thereupon the pertinent facts were further alleged as follows:

“4. That thereafter, to wit, on the 27th day of December,, 1918, the defendants James Pace, contriving to injure the plaintiff in his reputation, and to expose him to public hatred, ridicule, and contempt, did falsely and maliciously speak and utter to one Annie Turner Yincent, and to divers other persons, of and concerning plaintiff certain…