Interstate Co. v. Garnett

The appellee, Lelia Garnett, a minor, brought an action for slander in the circuit court of Holmes county against the Interstate Company, a corporation, and Romeo Faretto, a resident of said county, and recovered a judgment for twenty-five thousand dollars, from which judgment this appeal was prosecuted.

The declaration alleged, in substance, that on or about the 6th day of August, 1928, the defendant corporation, the Interstate Company, was engaged in the business of operating a lunchroom and hotel at Gwin, Holmes county, and that the defendant Romeo Faretto was employed by the said defendant…