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CARROLL &c. AUTH. v. COX ENTERPRISES

56475.

147 Ga. App. 863 (1978)

250 S.E.2d 550

CARROLL CITY/COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. COX ENTERPRISES, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 23, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tisinger, Tisinger & Vance, Thomas E. Greer, David H. Tisinger, for appellant.

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Charles T. Zink Albert G. Norman, Jr., Aubrey W. Gilbert, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

The appellant sued Cox Enterprises for libel following publication in The Atlanta Journal of an allegedly defamatory article. Suit was brought in Carroll County, and, upon a showing that the editions of The Atlanta Journal containing the alleged defamation were originally distributed to the public in Fulton County, the trial court dismissed the suit for lack of venue. Bound by precedent, we reluctantly affirm.

The fact that Carroll County is...

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