Lucas E. Moore, Stave Co. v. Wells
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Montgomery county. Hon. J'. A. Teat, Judge. Suit by S. P. Wells against the Lucas E. Moore Stave Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
This is a suit instituted by S. P. Wells, appellee, against the Lucas E. (Moore Stave Company, appellant, for the alleged publication of an alleged libelous -letter. The second count of the declaration charges that one of the employees of the defendant stave company uttered slanderous statements which gravely reflected upon the honesty of the plaintiff. There was another count in the declaration which was excluded from the jury’s consideration by the instructions of the trial court.
In reference to the second count, we merely desire to say that the statement attributed to Mr. Lantrip was…
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