· 3/12/1985
Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Sumner
Citations
- 329 S.E.2d 910
- 174 Ga. App. 229
- 1985 Ga. App. LEXIS 1788
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the plaintiff could defeat the defendant’s conditional-privilege defense by showing “actual malice,” meaning that he could introduce proof of “‘an actual spite, ill will[,] or desire to injure the person defamed’”
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Judges: McMurray, Deen, Carley, Sognier
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