WEBSTER v. BYRD

84-16.

494 So.2d 31 (1986)

Robert E. WEBSTER v. Charles L. BYRD.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin T. Prestwood, Montgomery, for appellant.

J. Garrison Thompson of Pitts, Pitts and Thompson, Selma, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

Plaintiff Robert R. Webster appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant, Charles L. Byrd, in a defamation action. We reverse and remand.

The motion for summary judgment did not specify whether it was based upon there being no genuine issue of material fact as to any element of the affirmative defense of absolute privilege (as argued in Byrd's brief) or upon there being no genuine issue of material fact as to any element of the cause...

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