WALGREEN CO. v. COCHRAN

No. 9359.

61 F.2d 357 (1932)

WALGREEN CO. v. COCHRAN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

October 3, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Fizzell, of Kansas City, Mo. (Justin D. Bowersock, P. L. Edwards, and Bowersock, Fizzell & Rhodes, all of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

Henry L. Jost, of Kansas City, Mo. (G. H. Jones and Sebree, Jost & Sebree, all of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before VAN VALKENBURGH and SANBORN, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, District Judge.


DAVIS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in an action for slander. The cause was heard by a jury which returned a verdict for appellee for $3,500 actual, and $4,000 punitive, damages.

The errors assigned relate to: (1) The sufficiency of the evidence; (2) the admission of testimony; (3) argument of counsel; (4) the instructions; (5) the damages assessed; and (6) the ruling on the motion in arrest of judgment.

The appellant was...

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