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WAGNER v. CAPROCK BEEF PACKERS CO.

No. B-5781.

540 S.W.2d 303 (1976)

Lewis WAGNER, Petitioner, v. CAPROCK BEEF PACKERS COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemon, Close, Atkinson & Shearer, Otis C. Shearer, Booker, for petitioner.

Gibson, Ochsner, Adkins, Harlan & Hankins, A. B. Hankins, Amarillo, for respondent.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

The question before us is whether the record supports a jury finding that the manager of a meat packing plant was acting in the course and scope of his employment when he slandered a former employee. The trial court ruled that it did; the Court of Civil Appeals held that it did not. 531 S.W.2d 194. We agree with the Court of Civil Appeals.

The facts and procedural situation are these. Lewis Wagner, plaintiff...

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