Wofford v. Meeks
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Gadsden. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. This action was brought by the appellant, Thomas J. Wofford, Jr., against W. M. Meeks and W. P. Johnson, constituting the firm of Meeks & Johnson, a partnership. The complaint contained two counts.
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Appeal from the City Court of Gadsden. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. This action was brought by the appellant, Thomas J. Wofford, Jr., against W. M. Meeks and W. P. Johnson, constituting the firm of Meeks & Johnson, a partnership. The complaint contained two counts. These counts are as follows — the portions of said counts which are within the parenthesis being the parts of each of said •counts which the defendant moved to strike from ■counts, respectively: “The plaintiff claims of the defendants five thousand dollars’ damages for that the defendants at and prior to the grievances…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
Tlie questions presented for consideration involve the right of the plaintiff to maintain this action. The complaint avers that the plaintiff was a member of the commissioners’ court of-Etowah county; that the defendants were opposed to him politically and that the alleged libelous publication was intended and purported to bring him under suspicion and to cause the opinion and belief to be entertained by his neighbors,' that he was dishonest, corrupt and unworthy of trust and confidence, etc.
The first question to be determined is, was the publication libelous per se? In determining this…
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