Supreme Court of Rhode Island May 21, 1925 (Budlong v. Hasbrouck)

Rathbun, J.

This is an action of trespass on the case for slander. Each party is a resident of the town of Cov

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entry, Kent county, in this State. The writ which was returnable to the Superior Court for the counties of Providence and Bristol was served on the defendant while he was visiting his wife at a hospital in the city and county of Providence.