SIGNAL OIL & GAS CO. v. CONWAY

47018.

126 Ga. App. 711 (1972)

191 S.E.2d 624

SIGNAL OIL & GAS COMPANY v. CONWAY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 19, 1972.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Palmer H. Ansley, J. Kenneth Moorman, for appellant.

Cochran, Camp & Snipes, Donald O. Nelson, for appellee.


EBERHARDT, Judge.

1. Plaintiff does not designate the letter as libel in the first count, but she does assert that by it defendant has defamed her character and reputation and has subjected her to public ridicule, hatred and contempt. This language comes from Code § 105-701, defining libel, and thus we must examine the letter and the circumstances to determine whether it is libelous.

We conclude that it is not. Certainly there is nothing in the...

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