Doherty v. L. B. Price Mercantile Co.

The plaintiff, B. O. Doherty, instituted a suit for slander against the L. B. Price Mercantile Company, a corporation. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant, corporation, and the declaration in this suit was founded on an alleged oral charge of embezzlement, made against him by the manager of defendant’s business in the city of Hattiesburg, Miss., and, from a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, this appeal was prosecuted.

It appears from the testimony that the appellee had an office and place of business in the city of Hattiesburg, Miss., and that it was engaged in the sale…