(DOWNLOAD) "Beverly v. Observer Publishing Company Et" by Court of Appeals of Georgia " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Beverly v. Observer Publishing Company Et
- Author : Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Release Date : January 01, 1953
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
Description
O. L. Beverly sued Observer Publishing Company and Carl Jeter for damages for an alleged libel. The plaintiff and the defendant Jeter were both candidates for the office of Sheriff of Colquitt County, Georgia. The alleged libel was contained in an article written by the defendant Jeter and was printed in the Observer Publishing Company's newspaper as a paid advertisement. The plaintiff alleges special damages in the amount of $19,200, which consists of salary in the amount of $4,200 a year for four years and $600 a year living quarters for four years, and which amounts he alleges he would have received had he been elected sheriff. The plaintiff also prays for $50,000 punitive damages. The court sustained a general demurrer to the petition and dismissed the action, and the plaintiff excepts. 1. Special damages for the loss of a public office in an election for that office are too remote and speculative to be recoverable. Anderson v. Kennedy, 47 Ga. App. 380, 385 (170 S.E. 555).