Mississippi Supreme Court March 15, 1923, No. 22688 (Doherty v. L. B. Price Mercantile Co.)

Cook, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, B. O. Doherty, instituted a suit for slander against the L. B. Price Mercantile Company, a corporation. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant, corporation, and the declaration in this suit was founded on an alleged oral charge of embezzlement, made against him by the manager of defendant’s business in the city of Hattiesburg, Miss.