Indianapolis Horse Patrol, Inc. v. Ward

This is an action instituted by the appellee, Perry B. Ward, against appellants, Indianapolis Horse Patrol, Inc., and certain individuals named as directors of said corporation, and against Cecil Byrne, the chairman of the Shrine Circus, to recover damages for an alleged conspiracy to defame the appellee growing out of statements made by certain individual appellants and by their participation in voting to expel and oust the appellee from membership in the Indianapolis Horse Patrol, Inc.

The pertinent facts as evidenced by the record are as follows:

The appellee was a member of the Murat…