ETHRIDGE, J.
This suit is based upon the actionable words statute, Mississippi Code 1942, Section 1059, which provides: "All words which, from their usual construction and common acceptation, are considered as insults, and calculated to lead to a breach of the peace, shall be actionable; and a plea, exception or demurrer shall not be sustained to preclude a jury from passing thereon, who are the sole judges of the damages sustained; but this shall not deprive the...
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