Chapman v. Battle
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Iiolden. Warren superior court. June 14, 1905. Starling Chapman brought suit against Amelia Battle for falsely saying of him the following “These men [meaning petitioner as one of them] were the robbers who got their money” (meaning the money of Amelia and Mary C. Battle), or other words to that effect.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Iiolden. Warren superior court. June 14, 1905. Starling Chapman brought suit against Amelia Battle for falsely saying of him the following “These men [meaning petitioner as one of them] were the robbers who got their money” (meaning the money of Amelia and Mary C. Battle), or other words to that effect. The defendant in her answer denied th.e allegations of the petition, but stated that she and her sister were robbed, that .she thought she recognized the voice, apparel, and faces of the persons committing the robbery, and that she told officers of the law and…
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, P.- ,J.
The charge of the court excepted to sets out a correct statement of the law. “Statements made with the bona fide intent on the part of the speaker to protect his own interest in a matter where it is concerned” are deemed privileged communications. Civil "Code, §3840(3). The other principle contained in the charge, that statements made in good faith in the prosecution of an inquiry regarding a crime which has been committed are privileged communications, is in accordance with the ruling of this court. In the case of Ventress v. Rosser, 73 Ga. 539, where the defendant was sued for…
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