Parr v. Warren-Lamb Lbr. Co.

This is an action for slander. From judgment for the plaintiff and order denying motion for new trial, defendants appeal.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant Warren-Lamb Lumber Company as a lumber piler. The defendant James Warren, at the time the alleged slanderous words were spoken, was the secretary of the defendant corporation, which conducted a lumber business in Rapid! City and employed upwards of three hundred men, and had supervision of the properties of the company and of the employment and discharge of employees. During the noon hour of the day when the alleged slanderous…