Bayuk v. Keinath

Citations

• 63 Pa. Super. 393
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 174

Syllabus

<p>' Blander — Charging persons with crime — Function of court and jury.</p> <p>In an action for damages for the utterance of false and defamatory words, it is not of tbe essence of a plaintiff’s right to recover that be must lay and prove words which, clearly and unmistakably of themselves charge the commission of an infamous crime.</p> <p>In an action for slander where it appears that the defendant in a dispute over a bill with plaintiff said publicly “this is not the first time you have done me,” it is not error for the trial judge to leave it to the jury to determine whether the defendant in using such words intended to charge the plaintiff with being a thief and a fraud.</p>