Lindsey v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Drew Circuit Court; Henry W. Wells, Judge; Actual malice is not necessary when the words published are actionable per se. 122 S. W. 449. A corporation is liable for slander. 43 So. 471; 1 Clark & Marshall on Corp. pp. 627, 629; 57 Miss. 759; 34 Am. Rep. 494; 37 Ala. 560; 74 Ala. 85; 49 Am. Rep. 800; 69 Miss. 185; 30 Am. St. R. 528; 13 So. 847; 73 Miss. 161; 31 L. R. A. 390; 55 Am. St. R. 522; 18 So. 922; 142 N. C. 1; 54 s. E. 793; 55 Mich. 224; 54 Am.
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Appeal from Drew Circuit Court; Henry W. Wells, Judge; Actual malice is not necessary when the words published are actionable per se. 122 S. W. 449. A corporation is liable for slander. 43 So. 471; 1 Clark & Marshall on Corp. pp. 627, 629; 57 Miss. 759; 34 Am. Rep. 494; 37 Ala. 560; 74 Ala. 85; 49 Am. Rep. 800; 69 Miss. 185; 30 Am. St. R. 528; 13 So. 847; 73 Miss. 161; 31 L. R. A. 390; 55 Am. St. R. 522; 18 So. 922; 142 N. C. 1; 54 s. E. 793; 55 Mich. 224; 54 Am. Rep. 372; 21 N. W. 324; 69 C. C. A. 127; 136 Eed. 129; 15 Serg. & R. 176; 61 Ala. 527; 21 How. 210; 62 U. S. 212; 77 Ark. 64.…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
O. J. Lindsey charged the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company with slandering him. He alleged in his complaint that he was employed by the defendant as station agent at Monticello, in this State; “that while he was so employed, about 21st day of October, 1907, the defendant, through its agents and servants, negligently, recklessly, wilfully and maliciously slandered him by stating in the presence uand hearing of L. PI. Edwards, P. T. Hammock and Ed Ahrens that two cars of cotton had been stolen out of the yards of the defendant at Dermott and brought to the station of…
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