Luquire Ins. Co. v. Parker

SIMPSON, Judge.

This is a second appeal. Luquire Ins. Co. v. Parker, 241 Ala. 621, 4 So.2d 259.

The suit is for slander, against the appellant and its corporate agent allegedly acting within the line and scope of his employment.

There was a judgment below against both defendants, but the corporation, alone, appeals, the other defendant (agent) waiving citation.

Liability of the corporate defendant, in the first trial, was counted upon a ratification of allegedly defamatory statements spoken by the agent to diverse persons, charging the plaintiff with dishonesty or embezzlement. Luquire case,…