Legal Opinion
Whitten v. Commercial Dispatch Pub. Co., Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1986No. 55543PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
487 So.2d 843 (1986)
George L. WHITTEN, W.H. Tatum, Jr., & Wilburn Gregory
v.
COMMERCIAL DISPATCH PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
No. 55543.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 30, 1986.
Orma R. Smith, Jr., Jackie Tatum, Smith, Ross & Trapp, Corinth, Lester F. Sumners, Darden, Sumners, Carter, Trout & McMillin, New Albany, for appellants.
John W. Crowell, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, William J. Threadgill, Threadgill, Smith, Sanders & Jolly, Columbus, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.
PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:
This is a libel action against Commercial Dispatch…
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