Sandifer v. Electrolux Corp.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Sandi'fer, sued defendant, Electrolux Corporation, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, for slanderous remarks alleged ¡to have been made by one Holmes, an agent of defendant. The facts ¡leading up to and surrounding the alleged slander are briefly as follows.

Plaintiff, owner and operator of a grocery store in Columbia, South Carolina, worked on a part time basis for defendant as salesman for its vacuum -cleaners and supplies. In this capacity, he -solicited orders from -customers on -the basis o-f future deliveries of…