Title 51, Chapter 5, Section 8
( 51-5-8)
All charges, allegations, and averments contained in regular
pleadings filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, which are
pertinent and material to the relief sought, whether legally
sufficient to obtain it or not, are privileged. However false and
malicious such charges, allegations, and averments may be, they
shall not be deemed libelous. |