Braden v. Baugham

We will inquire first as to, whether the petition set out a cause of action against the defendant company. The defendant company is not liable under any construction of the words used. This is true because before the defendant company could be held liable, even if the words spoken were slanderous per se, it must affirmatively appear from the allegations of the petition that the defendant Baugham was expressly directed or authorized by the defendant company to'speak the words of which complaint is made. There is no such allegation in the petition. Cochran v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, 72 Ga.…