Tanner v. Stevenson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

*580This is an action for libel growing out of a letter concerning the appellee, Adelaide Stevenson, written by the appellant, Tanner, while superintendent of common schools in Clark county, to J. II. Fuqua, state superintendent of public instruction. Miss Stevenson, who had been teaching in the common schools of Clark county for several years, was examined in June, 1907, as required by law for the purpose of obtaining a certificate that would enable her to continue teaching in the public schools. At the time of her examination, the appellant, Tanner,…