Legal Opinion

King v. Neill

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 3, 1925No. 16065PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.

1. A petition by which the owner oí lands seeks to recover damages' for alleged libelous or slanderous words falsely impugning his title, but which fails to allege that the words were malicious, sets forth no cause of action. Civil Code (1910), § 4479; Schoen v. Maryland Casualty Co., 47 Ga. 151, 153 (93 S. E. 82).

2. Under the above-stated ruling the petition in the instant case did not set out a cause of action, and the court properly dismissed it on demurrer.

Judgment affh'med.

Broyles, C. J., and Blood/worth, J., concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Schoen v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1917

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Taggart v. Savannah Gas Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934