Blackwell v. Ship Channel Development Co.

HIGHTOWER,- C. J.

This suit was filed by the Ship Channel Development Company, a private corporation, as plaintiff, against F. M. Blackwell, A. O. Blackwell, and P. C. Roberts, as the defendants, the plaintiff seeking to recover damages claimed to have been sustained in consequence of slanderous statements and utterances made by the defendants relating to and concerning the plaintiff corporation and its titles to certain lands, and concerning the honesty, integrity, and business ability of plaintiff’s officers, its financial standing, its solvency, and business methods, etc. It was not alleged…