Archie Neil Spain Plaintiff-Appellee V‪.‬

libel and slander per se as a result of statements made on/or about December 23, 1977, by the defendant Donald Connolly that the plaintiff Archie Neil Spain, a Metropolitan Police Officer, had offered to tear up a ticket for violation of the muffler law which had just been issued to the defendant Donald Connolly, and that the defendant would pay the plaintiff Five ($5.00) Dollars. After a full scale investigation by the internal affairs section of the Metropolitan Police Department, defendant admitted that his charges against the plaintiff for bribery were false. The defendants statements were made maliciously, and have proximately caused damages to the plaintiffs reputation, and plaintiff sues the defendant in the amount of $5,000.00.