BUTLER v. CENTRAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY

No. 17502.

458 S.W.2d 510 (1970)

Jack BUTLER, Appellant, v. CENTRAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Stephens, R. L. McSpedden, Collie & McSpedden, Dallas, for appellant.

L. W. Anderson, W. A. Pritchard, Anderson, Henley, Shields, Bradford & Pritchard, Dallas, for appellees.


CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment rendered non obstante veredicto in an action for slander. Jack Butler sued Central Bank & Trust Company and its Vice-President, Stephen T. Jordan, alleging that Jordan, in his capacity as top executive officer of the bank, had uttered false and slanderous statements against him for which he was entitled to recover actual damages and also exemplary damages since such statements had...

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