Reynolds v. Southern Grocery Stores, Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

This is an action for slander. The plaintiff is a minor of the age of nineteen years and appears by his guardian ad litem. The defendant is a corporation.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was employed as a clerk in defendant’s store situate at 1093 King Street, in the City of Charleston, South Carolina. That at the times mentioned in the complaint, one B. F. Henderson was employed as superintendent of defendant’s stores in the district which included the store above named in the City of Charleston. That Henderson came to the…