Legal Opinion
Hemenway v. Blanchard
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1982No. 64139PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, John D. Hemenway, appeals from a jury verdict for the defendant Russell A. Blanchard, on a complaint alleging defendant libeled plaintiff by publication of a letter to the Augusta Herald on July 31,1978. At that time Betty Hemenway, the wife of plaintiff, was a candidate for Congress from the 10th District — which includes Augusta. The incumbent was Doug Barnard, a close personal friend of the defendant. Blanchard was retired but had been President and Vice Chairman of the Georgia Railroad Bank, Dean and Director of the Georgia Banking School, President of the…
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