Burke v. Keppel

Citations

• 49 Pa. Super. 590
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 374

Syllabus

<p>Slander — Words actionable per se — Married woman — Whore.</p> <p>The words “you harbored my whore and you are no better than she” are slanderous and actionable per se; and an innuendo following such words if it accuses the defendant as meaning and intending to charge the plaintiff with the crime of keeping and maintaining a bawdyhouse.</p>