Baker v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

Plaintiff in error sued defendant in error for slander, alleging that her husband’s body was found on the railroad track of defendant in error; that one Marlow was at the time section foreman for plaintiff in error and in that capacity “on behalf of defendant had investigated the cause of the * * * death and retained” part of the deceased’s skull; that plaintiff in error went to the scene of her husband’s death seeking information and “Marlow, while acting in the scope of his employment as such section foreman investigating the cause of death,” in the presence of other persons stated that the…