Legal Opinion
Bass v. Burnett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1929No. 27283PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
W. D. Bass, appellant, sued T. F. Burnett, appellee, for damages for alleged slander; and there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant, from which this appeal was prosecuted.
The declaration was in two counts, the charges of each being practically the same and substantially as follows: That on or about the 9th day of June, 1927, there was pending in the chancery court of Alcorn county a cause styled “T. F. Burnett v. W.D. Bass et al.,” and the appellant was sworn as a witness and gave evidence in said cause- at the trial thereof before the chancellor; that the proper location of a…
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- Neely v. PayneMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
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- Gibson v. A. T. Wineman & SonsMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
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