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STONES RIVER MOTORS, INC. v. MID-SOUTH PUB. CO.

651 S.W.2d 713 (1983)

STONES RIVER MOTORS, INC. and Kenneth W. Snell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MID-SOUTH PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., d/b/a The Daily News Journal; Donald H. Keith, d/b/a The Press; Bill Bickford, Mary Jo Bickford, and Christie Bickford, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied May 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Fly, Murfreesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James C. Cope, Murfree & Cope, Murfreesboro, for Mid-South Pub. Co., Inc., d/b/a The Daily News Journal.

Alfred H. Knight, Willis & Knight, Nashville, for Donald H. Keith, d/b/a The Press.

John S. Lansden, Murfreesboro, for defendants-appellees Bill Bickford, Mary Jo Bickford and Christie Bickford.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 2, 1983.

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

This is an appeal by the losing plaintiffs from an order of summary judgment in a libel case based upon a consumer complaint letter which was published in the "Letters to the Editor" sections of two Rutherford County newspapers.

The plaintiffs-appellants1 are Stones River Motors, Inc., a new and used car dealership...

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