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PICARD v. BRENNAN

307 A.2d 833 (1973)

Richard L. PICARD v. Frank J. BRENNAN et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skelton, Taintor & Abbott by Charles H. Abbott, Lendall L. Smith, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Daniel G. Lilley, Portland, Platz & Day by John A. Platz, Lewiston, for defendants.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ.

WEBBER, Justice.

An action for slander was heard by a Justice of the Superior Court, jury waived, and judgment for five hundred dollars was awarded to the plaintiff as against the defendant Brennan. We sustain Brennan's appeal.

By his amended complaint the plaintiff charged that defendant Brennan made statements "in substance as follows:

(a) That Plaintiff had been guilty of short-weighting customers on several occasions.

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