SOLOSKO v. PAXTON

Defamation — Slander — Slander per se — Calling plaintiff a Communist — Act of December 21, 1951, P. L. 1712.

In this action in trespass for slander in which it appeared that on three separate occasions in December 1952 and January 1953 the defendant in referring to the plaintiff said "He is a Communist", it was Held that since the enactment of the Act of December 21, 1951, P. L. 1712, stating to a third person that the plaintiff is a Communist is slander per se.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 3, 1956:

The judgment of the court below is affirmed on the opinion of President Judge LANSBERRY reported at 4 Pa. D. C.2d 240.