Case Name: NOTTON vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Gogebic)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1894-10-04
Citations: 1 McGrath 84
Docket Number: No. 14446½
Parties: NOTTON vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Gogebic),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 84–84

Head Matter:
NOTTON vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Gogebic),
No. 14446½.

Opinion:
To quash capias ad respondendum in an action for slander on the ground of the insufficiency of the affidavit.
Denied Oct. 4, 1894.
The affidavit alleged that relator said in a public speech before divers citizens of Ironwood, of and-concerning affiant, who was then the president of the Metropolitan Land Co., a corporation, that affiant and another officer "were robbing the men (employes) and robbing the company;" that affiant and another officer "charged the men more for powder used than it was worth and put the difference in their pockets, thus robbing the men and robbing the company."
Relator insisted that the words are not actionable per se, and as no special damage is alleged, no complete cause of action is set forth in the affidavit.