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PRESTON v. LAND

Record Nos. 771400, 771401.

255 S.E.2d 509 (1979)

Ralph E. PRESTON v. Carole W. LAND and Reginald L. Watkins.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Strople, Portsmouth (Moody, McMurran & Miller, Ltd., Portsmouth, on brief), for appellant.

Michael A. Inman, Virginia Beach (Holladay, Inman & Olivieri, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

POFF, Justice.

Carole W. Land, now, Carole L. Watkins, and Reginald L. Watkins (plaintiffs) brought actions against Ralph E. Preston (defendant) for slander and, in a consolidated trial, obtained judgments on jury verdicts of $2,500 and $5,000, respectively. Defendant appeals and assigns error to several of the trial court's rulings, including the denial of his motion to strike plaintiffs' evidence.

Viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, the evidence...

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