DocketNumber: No.51217; No.51218
Citation Numbers: 1 R.I. Dec. 141
Judges: Blodgett
Filed Date: 3/30/1925
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 10/19/2024
Heard upon motions for new trial filed by defendant in each case after verdict for plaintiffs in each caste for $250.
Actions for slander of defendant' upon a public street of Providence by the calling' of a plaintiff Bessie a “whore” and her husband, Albert, a “thief” in the presence of a number of bystanders. The words were spoken in the Polish language.
Defendant denied using such language, but the jury evidently believed the testimony of plaintiffs and witnesses produced by them.
Motions denied.