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Scott v. Harrison
Citation:
215 N.C. 427, 2 S.E.2d 1 (1939)Facts
The wife of a high school principal, Scott (Plaintiff), sued the chairman of the county board of education, Harrison (Defendant) for slander alleged to have been uttered by Defendant in connection with the employment of Plaintiff’s husband. The slander charged was that the Defendant falsely and maliciously uttered concerning the Plaintiff: “That the Plaintiff while her husband, B. A. Scott, was the principal of the public schools in Northampton County, North Carolina, was forbidden by the authorities in charge from going upon the school grounds or premises of the Jackson High School at Jackson, North Carolina, for a period of six months.” Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant stated that “the reason he was not reelecting Mr. B. A. Scott was due to the character and reputation of his wife.
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