WILLIAMS v. GULF COAST COLLECTION AGENCY COMPANY

No. 34699.

493 S.W.2d 367 (1973)

Harry A. WILLIAMS III, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF COAST COLLECTION AGENCY COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

Motions for Rehearing or Transfer Denied April 6, 1973.

Application to Transfer Denied May 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerritzen & Gerritzen, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Strauss, Friedman & Sanders, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


DOWD, Chief Judge.

A libel per se case. Plaintiff appeals from a dismissal of his petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiff had sued the defendant for libel per se because of a letter sent by defendant to a lawyer. This letter stated that plaintiff's credit card account with Standard Oil Division of American Motor Company was delinquent and that the plaintiff had not been willing to work out a reasonable schedule of payment...

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