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FLOYD v. ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

38223.

102 Ga. App. 840 (1960)

117 S.E.2d 906

FLOYD v. ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. H. Boney, Archibald A. Farrar, for plaintiff in error.

B. P. Gambrell, John E. Dougherty, contra.

TOWNSEND, Presiding Judge.

1. "At common law, it was not necessary that written or printed defamatory words should charge a crime in order to make them actionable, but it was sufficient if they tended to bring a man into public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. . . The definition of libel recognized at common law has been adopted by statute in this state." Augusta Evening News v. Radford, 91 Ga. 494 (17 S. E. 612, 20 L. R. A. 533, 44 Am. St. Rep. 53). See also...

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