STANSBERRY v. McKENZIE


241 S.W.2d 600 (1951)

STANSBERRY v. McKENZIE et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. R. Ketron G. Howard Nevils, Tazewell, for plaintiff in error.

Donaldson, Montgomery & Kennerly, Knoxville, for defendants in error.


BURNETT, Justice.

The question for our decision in this case is: Can a plaintiff sue two or more defendants for slander when he alleges in his declaration that "the said accusations were made by the defendants in the presence of each other, by common design or previously formed conspiracy and jointly, each aiding and abetting the other in such false and slanderous accusations"?

The declaration of the plaintiff was demurred to because of the misjoinder of parties...

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