DEALERS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. ROSE

No. 4426.

396 S.W.2d 535 (1965)

DEALERS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Warnell ROSE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

November 10, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Miller & Martin, Dallas, for appellants.

Steve Latham, Whitney, for appellee.


WILSON, Justice.

Defendants' plea of privilege in a slander action against it was overruled. We affirm.

Plaintiff alleged the defendant agent of defendant insurance company made a false statement to plaintiff's employer that a peace officer had found plaintiff in an intoxicated state, and that unless plaintiff was discharged the insurance company would cancel the employer's insurance. The statement resulted in the discharge of plaintiff, a butane truck driver...

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