Kelly v. Hall

Jenkins, Justice.

The decision of the Court of Appeals in Hall v. Kelly, 61 Ga. App. 694 (7 S. E. 2d, 290), between the same parties, is the law of this case, that the original petition for damages, on account of an alleged newspaper libel, instituted after the passage of the act approved March 20, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 343), was subject to demurrer as prematurely brought, since it failed to allege that the plaintiff had given to the defendants written notice with an opportunity to correct or retract the publication in the newspaper where it appeared, as provided for by that act. Accordingly,…