W. R. Wilson v. Retail Credit Company

JONES, Circuit Judge:

The appellee, Retail Credit Company, was engaged in the business of furnishing credit reports. It had an inquiry with respect to Mary Wilson, the wife of the appellant, W. R. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson made an unsuccessful effort to recover damages for alleged false and defamatory statements in the credit report.1 By separate action the appellant, W. R. Wilson, brought an action asserting that he was defamed by statements in the report made in response to the inquiry respecting his wife and also asserted that he had sustained damage by reason of false statements in a report made…