Boykins v. General Motors Corp.

REEVES, Chief Judge.

The petition in the above cause is in three counts. The first count charges that the defendants gave to the plaintiff an “improper” letter of dismissal as an employee of the corporate defendant. The plaintiff prays damages on the first count because of such alleged “improper” letter. The impropriety alleged in the giving of such letter is the claimed failure to comply with the provisions of Section 5064, Mo.R.S.A.

The second count charges libel because of the publication of said letter, and the third count claims damages for assault upon plaintiff made by an agent and…