Writesman v. Pettis Dry Goods Co.

is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to a complaint which alleged that appellee, a corporation, by and through a servant and agent acting for and on behalf of appellee, in the hearing of divers persons, falsely and maliciously spoke and uttered certain false and defamatory words concerning-appellant.

The questions involved in this appeal relate to the right to maintain an action for slander against a corporation, and the necessity of an allegation in the complaint that the agent or servant in uttering the alleged slanderous statement was, in so doing, acting within the scope of…