Miles v. Record Publishing Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action for damages on account of the publication of an alleged libel against the plaintiff.

In May, 1924, the City of Columbia was threatened with a serious epidemic of typhoid fever. The board of health took prompt and vigorous action to discover the cause and stamp it out. It was discovered that many affected with the disease were customers of a particular dairy near the City, operated by one R. C. Watkins, and in which the plaintiff Miles was working as a milker, having recently been employed to do that work. Pending an…