McCollum v. Birmingham Post Co.

BROWN, Justice.

This appeal is by the plaintiff from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County dismissing the plaintiff’s suit, — a common law action for libel against the appellee — filed February 18, 1950. The record shows that the only pleading on file, aside from the plaintiff’s complaint consisting of a single count, was a demurrer filed by the defendant, which in legal effect admitted the facts alleged in the complaint and challenged the sufficiency of the facts pleaded to constitute a cause of action.

So far as appears the case had not been-entered on the trial calendar…