Duncantell v. Universal Life Insurance Company

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This case is based on alleged libel and slander. The trial before the jury in the district court of Harris County resulted in a judgment for defendant. The plaintiff has appealed. The parties will sometimes be designated as in the trial court.

The plaintiff, Ovide Duncantell, Jr., was employed by defendant, Universal Life Insurance Company, as a debit agent. The defendant, John Harris, was employed by Universal Life Insurance Company as local office manager and, as such, was the plaintiff’s supervisor.

The controversy out of which this suit arose occurred in February, 1965.…