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CORNETT v. FETZER

604 S.W.2d 62 (1980)

J.I. CORNETT and J.I. Cornett Construction Company, Inc., Appellants, v. John FETZER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Certiorari Denied September 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Cowan, Jr. of Tucker, Cowan, LaPorte & Norris, Elizabethton, for appellants.

William T. Gamble and Frank A. Johnstone of Wilson Worley, Gamble & Ward, Kingsport, John Bowers, Jr. and John Bowers, III, of Allen, Nelson & Bowers, Elizabethton, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court September 2, 1980.

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

Appellants, J.I. Cornett and J.I. Cornett Construction Company, Inc. brought this suit seeking compensatory and punitive damages resulting from several allegedly defamatory statements1 made by appellee, John Fetzer, while in his capacity as a member of the Elizabethton City Council. Appellee filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming...

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