NEWSON v. HENRY

No. 54205.

443 So.2d 817 (1983)

Charles NEWSON v. Aaron E. HENRY and Ruth Armstrong Ross, Executrix of the Estate of L.A. Ross, Jr., Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleve McDowell, Cleveland, for appellant.

W.O. Luckett, Jr., W. Kurt Henke, Luckett, Luckett, Luckett & Thompson, Clarksdale, for appellees.

En Banc.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Aaron E. Henry and L.A. Ross, Jr.1 filed defamation suits in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County based upon a newspaper article written by Wilson F. Minor and published in the Capital Reporter Newspaper. The article quoted comments about Henry and Ross made by Charles Newson. Newson, Minor, and the newspaper were all made defendants; however, upon pleas of improper venue jurisdiction, the actions against...

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