Gardner v. Standard Oil Co.

Appellant, Fletcher Gardner, sued appellees, the Standard Oil Company and C. P. Mattox, for slander, and upon a trial of the case the court below, at the conclusion of the evidence on his behalf, sustained a judgment for appellees, from which Gardner appeals here.

Originally, the declaration was in four counts, but the first and fourth count were abandoned on the trial, which proceeded on allegations that Mattox, agent and manager of the Standard Oil Company’s bulk sales plant at Tupelo, stated to one Ashe, “I am letting Gardner go, the amount of gasoline he took exceeded the amount he charged…