Williams v. Gulf Coast Collection Agency Company

DOWD, Chief Judge.

A libel per se case. Plaintiff appeals from a dismissal of his petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiff had sued the defendant for libel per se because of a letter sent by defendant to a lawyer. This letter stated that plaintiff’s credit card account with Standard Oil Division of American Motor Company was delinquent and that the plaintiff had not been willing to work out a reasonable schedule of payment. The letter then authorized the lawyer to begin legal action against the plaintiff. Gulf Coast also sent copies of this letter to…