O'BARR v. Feist
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
*443McCALL, Justice.
Billy H. O’Barr, the appellant, sued the appellee, a physician, for damages arising out of his alleged wrongful commitment to Bryce Hospital at Tuscaloosa, a state mental hospital. At the close of the evidence, the trial judge gave written instructions as to all counts in the complaint, directing the jury to return a verdict for the defendant physician. The appellee pleaded in short by consent the general issue.
Count B of the amended complaint claims in libel against the appellee for falsely and maliciously publishing of and concerning the appellant a written document filed in…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Moore v. Manufacturers' National Bank of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Mezullo v. MaletzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Berry v. City of New York Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Kenney v. GurleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Carl Turner Weaver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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