Sunley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for an alleged libel. The petition avers that plaintiff was employed by defendant as a solicitor and collector, and, for the faithful performance of his duties in that capacity, gave the defendant a bond with the National Surety Company as surety. He further avers that, after the giving of said bond, the defendant wrongfully and maliciously wrote a letter, and sent the same to said surety company, falsely charging the plaintiff with being a defaulter, and with hav*125ing embezzled certain moneys collected by him on said defendant’s account. By way of special…