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OGLETREE v. MARCUS

No. 38977.

361 P.2d 689 (1961)

Sybruth OGLETREE, Plaintiff in Error, v. Earl MARCUS, Herman Marcus and Carl Stephens, d/b/a Peyton-Marcus, and Earl Marcus, and individual, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 2, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cargill, Cargill & Chiaf, by John Chiaf, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Lytle, Johnston & Soule, Oklahoma City, for defendants in error.

HALLEY, Justice.

This was a slander action by Sybruth Ogletree against the defendants. She was an employee of the defendants and claims she was slandered by the defendant, Earl Marcus. The case was tried to a jury and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for $4,727 on her first cause of action and for $10,382 on her second. Defendants filed a motion for new trial which was granted on the following grounds:

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