CATES v. NICHOLS

56492.

148 Ga. App. 558 (1978)

252 S.E.2d 2

CATES et al. v. NICHOLS et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 28, 1978.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ralph McClelland, Jr., J. Ralph McClelland, III, for appellants.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Frank Love, Jr., James C. Rawls, for appellees.


SHULMAN, Judge.

Appellants brought an action against appellees, a television reporter and his employer, alleging that they were defamed by a news broadcast in which it was reported that "Shag" Cates, Fulton County tax assessor, had not divested himself of his real estate holdings and that "Shag" Cates held certain property jointly with close relatives, the appellants. The trial court granted appellees' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, holding that the...

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