Legal Opinion
Southeastern Newspapers Inc. v. Walker
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 9, 1947No. 31658PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFelton, J.
The circumstances of this case are strikingly singular, unusual, and peculiarly different from the usual line of eases where the portrait of the person alleged to have been libeled is accompanied by an article which is either libelous per se or per quod. Here the article announcing the marriage of the plaintiff was of itself entirely innocuous and innocent, yet the accompanying portrait revealed a young woman, alleged to resemble the plaintiff closely, holding a small child and conversing apparently with a young man whose back is to the camera and whose face is only partially revealed. It is…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Behre v. National Cash Register Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Holmes v. ClisbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Park & Iverson v. Piedmont & Arlington Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. SheftallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Mell v. EdgeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Atlanta Journal Co. v. DoyalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Gomes v. FriedCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
- Davis v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
- American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- James H. Southard and Classic Car Investments, Inc. v. Forbes, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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