DIXIE BEER COMPANY v. Boyett

Banke, Judge.

J. E. Boyett, Jr., sued Dixie Beer Company, its manager, James Matthews, and Central of Georgia Railroad Company for slander, libel, false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution. Based on depositions and other discovery, the trial court granted summary judgment to all defendants as to the libel, slander, and malicious prosecution claims. Case No. 61971 is the plaintiffs appeal from that order. The trial court denied summary judgment to all defendants on the false arrest and false imprisonment counts. Cases Nos. 61969 and 61970 are appeals from that judgment.

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