Peinhardt v. West

The following principles in the law of libel are well settled by the authorities:

1. “The article or conversation need not be set out in full; it being sufficient if the petition contains the material part or only so much as is necessary to show an actionable imputation.” 37 Corp. Jur. 28, § 337.

In Weir v. Hoss and wife, 6 Ala. 881, 887, this court said:

“It was not necessary to set out the entire publication, but it was sufficient to set out such parts as the plaintiff complained of as libelous, if the plaintiff does not, by omitting some portions, produce a new arrangement, and thereby alter…