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SLAUGHTER v. VALLEYDALE PACKERS, INC., OF BRISTOL

94 S.E.2d 260 (1956)

198 Va. 339

Arthur P. SLAUGHTER v. VALLEYDALE PACKERS, INCORPORATED, OF BRISTOL.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. E. Widener, H. E. Widener, Jr., Bristol (Widener & Widener, Warren & Warren, Bristol, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Waldo G. Miles, Bristol (Fred C. Parks, Abingdon, Jones, Woodward & Miles, Bristol on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

SMITH, Justice.

This is an action for insulting words and slander instituted by Arthur P. Slaughter, referred to herein as plaintiff, against Valleydale Packers, Incorporated, of Bristol, referred to herein as defendant. A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant, to which judgment we awarded plaintiff a writ of error.

The alleged defamatory statements were made by persons employed by the defendant and were to the effect that plaintiff had...

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