Parker v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.

Riley, Judge:

The plaintiff, Enoch M. Parker, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Kanawha County, this action of trespass on the case for libel against Appalachian Electric Power Company and W. F. Ficklen. The common pleas court overruled defendants’ demurrer, and upon the joint motion of the parties certified to the circuit court its rulings on the demurrer which, in turn, sustained the common pleas court, and certified the case to this Court.

As a premise to charging the gravamen of the matters complained of, the declaration alleges in detail that plaintiff is “a good, true, honest,…