Edwards v. Ideal Food Stores

ROBINSON, Justice.

This is a slander case which arose out of alleged defamatory statements made about the plaintiff-appellant Mrs. Edwards by defendant-appellees in and around the Ideal Food Store of Perryton, Texas. The original suit was brought complaining of slander and false imprisonment. The false imprisonment claim has been abandoned on appeal. The case was tried before a jury on special issues, and a judgment was rendered on the verdict that the plaintiffs take nothing of the defendants. Affirmed.

The evidence shows that the appellant Mrs. Edwards was shopping for groceries in the…