Southern Grocery Stores Inc. v. Keys

It is contended by the defendant that the case is one sounding in slander or oral defamation, and that since it is not alleged in response to its special demurrer, or elsewhere in the petition, that the words spoken were expressly authorized by the proper authorities of the corporation, no cause of action-was set out against it. • At' the outset we concede the correctness of this position, if the - allegations of the petition must be construed ■ as . one sounding in slander or oral defamation. This principle has been many times ruled. The leading case is Behre v. National Cash Register Co.,…