Dixie Fire Insurance v. Betty

Citations

• 101 Miss. 880
• 58 So. 705

Syllabus

<p>1. Libel and Slandek. Bight of action: Defenses. Apology. Mitigation of damages. Code 1906, Sec. 10.</p> <p>In a suit for damages against a principal for defamatory words spoken by an agent while engaged in his master’s business, am apology made by the principal not by reason of any promise expressed or implied, that it would constitute full reparation for the injury inflicted, cannot be pleaded in bar of the action, but is admissible in evidence and can be considered by the jury in mitigation of damages.</p> <p>2. Pbincipal and Agent. Cocie of 1906, See. 10.</p> <p>Code 1906, Sec. 10, by which certain words are made actionable has no application in a suit to hold a principal liable for words spoken by an agent unless possibly such words are spoken at the command of the principal.</p>