McLean

Respondent recovered judgment against appellant in the sum of $1,000 damages in an action for slander.

It appears from the record that respondent rented a furnished house from appellant and after occupying it for several months moved therefrom on or about October 24, 1927; that the parties hereto proceeded to check over a list of the personal property leased by appellant to respondent in order to determine the articles damaged or missing; that several persons other than the interested parties were ■present on this occasion; that appellant falsely accused respondent of stealing a whole set of blue bird dishes and a chair that formerly belonged to the mother of the appellant; that appellant did not own a set of blue bird dishes and that there were no such dishes in the house leased by her to respondent.

The court further found that such accusations were false.

Appellant presents several grounds upon which she urges a reversal of the judgment. First, that the accusation of the theft was made in good faith and was privileged under the provisions of subdivision 3 of section 47 of the Civil Code; second, that the finding of the trial court that appellant-made the accusation of the…