Lion Oil Co. v. Sinclair Refining Co.

The Lion Oil Company, a corporation, plaintiff, brought its action against the Sinclair Refining Company, a corporation, defendant, in an action of trespass on the case for slander through its servants and agents, charging that, by reason of slanderous utterances, the business of the plaintiff was greatly injured and damaged. The trial resulted in a verdict by a jury in favor of the plaintiff, assessing plaintiff’s damages at the sum of $100,000, upon which judgment was entered and it is from this judgment that this appeal is perfected.

From the facts it appears that the Lion Oil Company was a…