Lester v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Deen, Chief Judge.

The appellant filed a petition in the Superior Court of DeKalb County praying for removal to that court of an action filed in the State Court of DeKalb County which sought recovery on an alleged contract debt of $122.73, appellant’s contention being that he had filed a compulsory counterclaim seeking damages for defamation which “degraded defendant’s credit standing in the community” by means of libelous statements to a Credit Bureau, and that the state court did not have jurisdiction of this affirmative defense. The petition was dismissed in the Superior Court of DeKalb…