ABRAM v. ODHAM


89 So.2d 334 (1956)

Joe ABRAM, doing business as Florida Political Survey and Poll, Appellant, v. Brailey ODHAM, and The Florida Publishing Company, a Florida corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard B. Dawson, III and Gerald R. Hart, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Boyd & Jenerette, Jacksonville, for Brailey Odham.

Harold B. Wahl and Loftin & Wahl, Jacksonville, for Florida Pub. Co.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment dismissing his complaint for libel and slander filed against the defendants. The points for determination here are whether in the circumstances disclosed by the complaint the defendants, or either of them, were qualifiedly privileged to make the defamatory remarks in question; and, if so, whether such circumstances were sufficient to negative the existence of express malice on the part of the defendants...

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