Park & Iverson v. Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Libel. Innuendo. Justification. Charge of Court. New trial. Immaterial error. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court.
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Libel. Innuendo. Justification. Charge of Court. New trial. Immaterial error. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1873. Park & Iverson brought case against the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company for libel, estimating their damages at $20,000 00. The declaration contained two counts, the first being substantially as follows: Plaintiffs being insurance agents, the defendant published in two newspapers, the Columbus Sun and Columbus Enquirer, the following card: “Messrs. Park & Iverson, as agents of the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company,…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant, to recover damages for publishing a libel of and concerning them as insurance agents for defendant. The defendant admitted its publication, and alleged in its plea that the facts stated therein were true. On the trial of the case the court charged the jury that the language of the alleged libel was not ambiguous or uncertain, and that the innuendoes in the plaintiffs’ declaration did extend the meaning of the language set out in the publication, that such being the case the jury would not determine…
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