Legal Opinion
Cyrus W. Scott Mfg. Co. v. Millis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 22, 1933No. 9913PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANE, Justice.
This suit was instituted by C. C. Millis against Cyrus W. Scott Manufacturing Company, a corporation. The suit is an action in libel and slander and is based upon a letter, copy of which is hereinafter shown.
Defendant pleaded a general denial and specially alleged that. this communication, upon which plaintiff based his suit, was qual-ifiedly privileged- and was written without malice, and that the material parts of the alleged libel were true.
It was shown that plaintiff was at one time an employee of the defendant and that he had voluntarily resigned his employment; that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Joske v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1898
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- Washington Gas Light Co. v. LansdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Burt v. Advertiser Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Behre v. National Cash Register Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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