Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Coker

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant for defamation, after a jury trial. He alleged defendant’s managers had circulated among its employees a list of names without title or caption stating that it was a “hot check list”; that it was reasonably understood by the employees, and intended to be understood, that the persons named on the list “had knowingly given hot checks with intent to defraud, in violation of Art. 567b, Texas Penal Code”, and had committed a crime; that the list included plaintiff’s name; that defendant knew the imputation was false and made it…