Court of Appeals of Georgia March 16, 2000, A99A2038 (Mullinax v. Miller)

Ruffin, Judge.

Plaintiffs Don Mullinax and Roy Dobbs, public officials in Pick-ens County, filed a libel action against a former candidate for county commissioner, Cheryl Sams, and her campaign committee chairman,

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C. Mark Miller, based on a statement in one of Sams’ newspaper campaign ads. Miller won summary judgment on the ground that he did not publish the statement in question.