HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The A.S. Abell Company, publisher of The Sunpapers, appealed from the substantial judgment that followed the jury's verdict against it and in favor of the appellee, Kirby, in his suit for defamation. The defense was that the editorial complained of, in which Kirby was called "infamous," was fair comment on a matter of public interest. The principal reliance on appeal is that the trial judge erred when he made the issue...
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