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Smith v. Byrd

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 7, 1955No. 39755PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.

Bichard F. Byrd, Sheriff of Holmes County, brought this action in libel for damages against Mrs. Hazel Brannon Smith, the owner and editor of the Durant News and the Lexington Advertiser, two weekly newspapers, on account of the publication in said newspapers of a news item concerning the plaintiff on July 8, 1954, and an editorial comment thereon in the issue of July 15, 1954.

The news item was as follows:

“A 27-year old Holmes Negro was shot in the left leg after being told to ‘get goin’ by Holmes County Sheriff Bichard F. Byrd, according to reports received by this newspaper.
“The Advertiser…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Brown v. WeaverMississippi Supreme Court · 1898
  2. State ex rel. Johnson v. CunninghamMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Oliver v. MilesMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Conroy v. BrelandMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. MajureMississippi Supreme Court · 1936

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Blake v. Gannett Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Pritchard v. Times Southwest Broadcasting, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Armistead v. MinorMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Whitten v. Commercial Dispatch Pub. Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Petesy Smith v. Tammy WhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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