TATTIS v. KARTHANS

No. 45046.

215 So.2d 685 (1968)

Ellen Anthony TATTIS v. N.A. (Nick) KARTHANS and Alec Dennery.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard W.N. Chill, Jackson, for appellant.

Dan M. Lee, Ray, Lee & Moore, Jackson, for appellees.


JONES, Justice.

This is a case filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, seeking to recover damages under the provisions of our "Actionable Word Statute." A demurrer to the declaration, on the ground "That the alleged statements contained in the amended declaration are not actionable under Section 1059 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, as amended," was sustained by the lower court and the case was brought here. The first...

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