Ripps v. Herrington

BOULDIN, Justice.

Appellee, Arnold Herrington, sued appellant, Sam J. Ripps, for libel. The several counts of the complaint 1, 2A, and 3, claimed damages “for falsely and maliciously publishing of and concerning the plaintiff in a writing to National Surety Corporation, * * * with intent to defame plaintiff,” saying in substance “that the plaintiff was guilty of a shortage of money to defendant, in that he had varongfully abstracted funds of defendant,” while an employee of defendant. [Italics supplied.]

The defendant pleaded the general issue, and special pleas alleging the truth of the…