Legal Opinion
Benson v. Hall
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1976No. 48998PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
339 So.2d 570 (1976)
Carolyn BENSON
v.
John E. HALL.
No. 48998.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 23, 1976.
Scales & Scales, Clarence R. Scales, Jackson, for appellant.
William A. Allain, Jackson, for appellee.
Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and SUGG and BROOM, JJ.
GILLESPIE, Chief Justice, for the Court:
Carolyn Benson sued John E. Hall in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County alleging that Hall had composed and published two libelous letters concerning the plaintiff. The circuit court sustained a demurrer and dismissed the suit. Plaintiff appealed.
The plaintiff charged in her…
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