Logan's Super Markets, Inc. v. McCalla

This is a suit for damages resulting from defendants’ publication of statements concerning plaintiff alleged to have been false and made with intent to prejudice and injure the business and reputation of plaintiff.

At the conclusion of the proof the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict was granted and plaintiff’s suit was dismissed.

On appeal in error to the Court of Appeals that court reversed the Circuit Court and remanded the case for a new trial and ordered that the issues be submitted to a jury. Judge Humphreys dissented from this opinion.

We have granted certiorari and heard argument…