Jennings v. Southern Ry. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This action was brought against the Southern Railway Company, a foreign corporation, and Tucker and Quattlebaum, citizens of this State, for damages on account of alleged slander and libel of the plaintiff by the defendants.

The complaint states two causes of action. In the first it is alleged that, on September 10, 1928, the defendant Tucker, at the request and instigation of his co-defendants, made, signed, and published in the presence of John Riddle, S. C. Cope, B. R. Martin, and J. P. Quattlebaum, and perhaps others, the…