Cotton v. Fisheries Products Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Daniels,' J., at August Term, 1920, of BeuNswicic. Civil action for slander, brought by plaintiff against tbe Fisheries Products Company, Tbomas H. Hayes and H. B. Tberian, president and manager, respectively, of said corporation.
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Appeal by defendants from Daniels,' J., at August Term, 1920, of BeuNswicic. Civil action for slander, brought by plaintiff against tbe Fisheries Products Company, Tbomas H. Hayes and H. B. Tberian, president and manager, respectively, of said corporation. Upon motion duly made, tbe court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, Tbomas H. Hayes; and there was a verdict against tbe other two defendants for damages in tbe sum of $6,500. His Honor reduced this award to $3,500, and entered judgment in favor of plaintiff for said amount. Tbe defendant corporation and H. B. Tberian excepted…
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, J.
This cause was before tbe. Court at a previous term and is reported in 177 N. C., 56. Tbe first appeal was from a judgment overruling defendants’ demurrer. This was affirmed, and tbe case is now before us upon exceptions noted on tbe trial. Tbe material allegations, which upon tbe bearing were supported by evidence and tbe prin ciples of law arising thereon, are fully set out and considered in the former opinion of the Court, and need not be repeated here. The ease seems to have been tried in accordance with the opinion heretofore rendered and the same doctrine more recently announced in…
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- Fields v. . BynumSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
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- Cotton v. Fisheries Products Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
- Gilreath v. . AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1849
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