In Bowden v. Spiegel, Inc. (1950) 96 Cal.App.2d 793, a complaint was held to state a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress which alleged that defendant's agent telephoned plaintiff's neighbor at 11 p.m. asking that plaintiff be found to answer "an emergency call"; that when plaintiff answered, the caller demanded payment of a bill and threatened court action, in the hearing of members of the neighbor's family; that plaintiff owed no such bill and that the cause was made maliciously, to annoy plaintiff who became ill.