First Texas Prudential Ins. v. Moreland

Appellee sued appellant claiming that appellant, by and through its agents, had made certain oral statements about and concerning him which in law amounted to slander of him, and that as a result of said alleged slander he had been actually damaged in the sum of $50,000, and that said slanderous statements were made under circumstances entitling him to recover exemplary damages in the sum of $25,000.

In substance, he alleged that appellant whs a Texas corporation with its principal office and place of business in Galveston, Galveston county, Tex., but that it had an office and agent in…