Stevenson v. . Northington

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating the case: The trial court held that the ■original publication of the alleged defamatory articles was privileged, and limited the plaintiff to the subsequent publication of said articles in 1931, when the defendant mailed them to Dr. Calfee, president of the Asheville Normal and Teachers College, and caused plaintiff’s work in Asheville to be stopped.

It is the contention of the defendant that this letter was, at least, •qualifiedly privileged, and, therefore, both falsity and actual or express malice must be shown to establish liability. Ramsey v. Cheek, 109 N. C.,…