Stewart v. Williams

PITTMAN, Judge.

Angie E. Stewart appealed to the Supreme Court of Alabama from a judgment of the Baldwin Circuit Court that awarded Richard F. Williams $59,500 in damages for Stewart’s slander of title to property owned by Williams. The supreme court transferred the appeal to this court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala.Code 1975. We reverse.

On September 25, 2008, Williams filed a complaint alleging that Stewart had slandered the title to rental property he owned in Robertsdale and had interfered with the contractual or business relations between him and his tenant, Troy Anders. Williams asserted…