76-9-503. Presumption of malice -- Reading or seeing by another not necessary --
Liability of newspaper or serial publication personnel.
(1) An injurious publication is presumed to have been malicious if no justifiable motive
for making it is shown.
(2) To sustain a charge of publishing a libel, it is not essential that the words or things
complained of should have been read or seen by another. It is adequate that the accused
knowingly parted with the immediate custody of the libel under circumstances which exposed it
to be read or seen by any other person than himself.
(3) Each author, editor, and proprietor of any newspaper or serial publication is
chargeable with the publication of any words contained in any part of a book or number or a
newspaper or serial.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
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