Conrad v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.

This cause arose in the circuit court of Jackson County. It is an action for damages for libel by plaintiff against the defendants. From an adverse judgment for $1,500 actual damages and for $1,500 punitive damages, entered in accordance with the verdict of the jury upon a trial had at the March term, 1933, of the court, the defendants appeal. The action is based upon a letter written by defendant M.R. Voorhees, as branch manager at Kansas City of his codefendant, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, to the postmaster at Kansas City, Missouri, concerning the official conduct of plaintiff,…