Southern Ice Co. v. Black
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —Nathan L. Bachman, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lansden
This is an action for damages for oral slander uttered by the foreman of the plaintiff in error, which is a corporation, against defendant in error. The words averred in the declaration are: “I have located the man who stole the tickets. It is Joe Black, and I have discharged him.” And in the second count of the declaration it is averred that plain*394tiff in error’s foreman said of and concerning defendant in error: '“Yon are a damned thief.” There were verdict and judgment for plaintiff below, which was affirmed by the court of civil appeals, and the case is before us upon petition for…
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- People ex rel. Elder v. SoursSupreme Court of Colorado · 1903
- Ashcroft v. . HammondNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Behre v. National Cash Register Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Sawyer v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Tyrus v. Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
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- Robinson v. Home Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
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