Butler v. Central Bank & Trust Company

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment rendered non obstante veredicto in an action for slander. Jack Butler sued Central Bank & Trust Company and its Vice-President, Stephen T. Jordan, alleging that Jordan, in his capacity as top executive officer of the bank, had uttered false and slanderous statements against him for which he was entitled to recover actual damages and also exemplary damages since such statements had been uttered with malice. Both the bank and its vice-president answered with general denials and special defenses that such statements made by…