Peeples v. Citizens & Southern Commercial Corp.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Shelby Peeples, Jr., appeals the verdict and judgment in favor of defendant NationsBanc Commercial Corporation (NBCC) f/k/a Citizens & Southern Commercial Corporation in his suit for libel and slander. NBCC cross-appeals.

Peeples is president and major stockholder of Textile Coating, Ltd. in Dalton, Georgia. NBCC is a factor and purchased accounts receivables from Mydrin, Inc., which supplied latex to Textile Coating. The evidence was disputed as to whether NBCC granted a $300,000 credit line to Textile Coating, or whether NBCC granted a credit line to Mydrin for…