High v. A. J. Harwi Hardware Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for libel. Plaintiff recovered, and defendant appeals.

Plaintiff, who resided at Hutchinson, was an employee of the defendant, a wholesale hardware company, for about twenty-one years, and from 1908 until he was discharged in January, 1922, was a traveling salesman in what was known as territory No. 4. He also had authqrity to collect from customers. While the company denied he had authority to indorse checks made payable to its order, he claimed he sometimes did so. Sometimes he would send checks he received from customers…