Court Opinion

ID: 9638277
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:39:35.165293+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:05.278318
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Neil, Chief Justice
(concurring).
While I still dissent from the majority opinion in Hayslip v. State, 193 Tenn. 643, 249 S. W. (2d) 882, I join with the majority of the Court in affirming the judgment of the trial court in the instant case.
For reasons stated in my dissent, I felt that the learned trial judge committed a grievous error in ordering spread upon the court’s minutes the report of the grand jury which was defamatory of Mrs. Hayslip. She had .appeared and testified before the grand jury as a witness upon a matter with which the grand jury had full authority to deal, but no indictment was returned against her. Whether the court was right or wrong the filing of the report and acceptance by the trial judge and later spread upon the minutes of the court was a judicial act. It reflected the opinion and final judgment of the court *629in a matter which was properly before him for decision and action.
I therefore feel that the majority opinion holding that the report was absolutely privileged is supported by the weight of authority and that the majority opinion is correct.