Legal Opinion
Ivester v. Coe
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 10, 1925No. 15830PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. “Slander, or oral defamation, consists, first, in imputing to another a crime punishable by law,” or, among other charges and disparaging words recognized by the statute, it may consist in charging a person of “being guilty of some debasing act which may exclude him from society.” Civil Code (1910), § 4433. Words charging a person with illegal sexual intercourse with another impute a crime and are actionable per se. Penal Code, § 372; Nicholson V. Dillard, 137 Ga. 225, 231 (73 S. E. 382); Richardson v. Roberts, 23 Ga. 215, 221 (8).
2. An essential ingredient of an action for libel is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Sheftall v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Ransone v. ChristianSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- Henderson v. FoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Adkins v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
- State Mutual Life & Annuity Ass'n v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Atlanta Journal Co. v. DoyalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Davis v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
- Beck v. OdenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Cochran v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
- Shiver v. the Valdosta PressCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
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