National Packing Co. v. Boullion
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal iron Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; John W. Blackwood, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The National Packing Company is a corporation of Illinois, doing business in Arkansas.
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Appeal iron Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; John W. Blackwood, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The National Packing Company is a corporation of Illinois, doing business in Arkansas. The appellee brought suit against the packing company for slander, alleging that its auditor, “while acting in due course of his employment, committed an injury to the name and character of plaintiff by speaking the following words to plaintiff in the presence and hearing of divers persons: “Boullion, the house has been robbed, and there have been some forgeries. You acknowledge to signing these…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). In Lindsey v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co., 95 Ark. 534, Lindsey sued the corporation for .slander. He alleged that the slanderous words were spoken “by special agents in the employ of defendant for the purpose of finding said missing cotton, and said charge was made by them in furtherance of the defendant’s business, which they were employed to do for the purpose of ascertaining whether plaintiff was the guilty person or had guilty knowledge of the matter, and of inducing him, if guilty, to confess it,” etc. Lindsey contended that the slanderous words…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. BridwellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Lindsey v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Polk v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922