GRAYSON v. SAVANNAH NEWS-PRESS, INC.

40779.

110 Ga. App. 561 (1964)

139 S.E.2d 347

GRAYSON v. SAVANNAH NEWS-PRESS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 29, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Javetz, Emanuel Lewis, for plaintiff in error.

Stephens & Gignilliat, Thomas H. Gignilliat, contra.


FRANKUM, Judge.

The substance of the plaintiff's complaint respecting these publications is that they were wilfully and maliciously false and untrue and not based on facts or on the records; that they injured the reputation of the plaintiff as a public official and as an individual, exposing him to public hatred, contempt and ridicule; that the purpose of the editorials "was to maliciously and falsely smear and destroy petitioner's record of nearly 25 years of public...

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