Ladner v. Arrington

SUGG, Justice,

for the Court:

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court of Forrest County sustaining defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s declaration for libel and slander on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations prescribed by section 15-1-35 Mississippi Code Annotated (1972).

On December 9, 1977, Cornelius J. Lad-ner, plaintiff, filed a declaration against the defendant, Lawrence D. Arrington, in four counts. The first count charged that defendant filed a bill of complaint in the Chancery Court of Pearl River County in cause number 14582 falsely…