Burdett v. Hines

Citations

• 125 Miss. 66
• 87 So. 470

Syllabus

<p>Libel and slan-dek. Request by ex-employee held to release employer from liability on account of information furnished.</p> <p>In a libel suit by an ex-employee of a railroad company against such company based upon a statement to a prospective employer in response to a letter written by plaintiff to defendant to forward to a prospective employer information about plaintiff’s personal character, habits, and ability and as to the cause of his leaving their employment, such information furnished in response to such letter cannot form the basis of a libel suit, where it expressly released defendant from liability for damages on account of furnishing such information.</p>