Crockett v. McLanahan
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Circuit Court of Davidson County. John W. Childress, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
The question presented for our determination upon this record is whether, a party to a judicial proceeding is liable in damages to a stranger to the record for defamatory matter alleged in the pleading con-*520earning him, or whether said matter, being pertinent and relative to the issue, is not absolutely privileged.
The allegations of the declaration are that on June 2, 1902, the defendant, J. Craig McLanahan, filed a bill in the United States circuit court for the Middle District of Tennessee, in which it was averred that on the 8th of August, 1901, an election was held in the city of Nashville…
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