Henry v. Pearson

This case is before ns on appeal by Aaron E. Henry, defendant in the court below, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Coahoma County rendered in favor of Thomas H. Pearson, plaintiff, in an action for damages for libel. The case is a companion case to the case of Henry v. Collins, No. 42,759, which was decided by this Court on December 2, 1963, 253 Miss. 34, 158 So. 2d 695.

The plaintiff’s action for libel was based on a letter written by the defendant to W. C. Norwood, the deputy sheriff of Bolivar County, containing references to the plaintiff, who was county attorney of Coahoma County,…