Rockafellow v. New Mexico State Tribune Co.

CHAVEZ, Justice.

William R. Rockafellow, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment notwithstanding a verdict for appellees on the eighth cause of action.

In the eighth cause of action, appellant alleged that on May 14, 1962, defendant New Mexico State Tribune Company published a false, malicious and defamatory article which purported to be a report of the jury trial on embezzlement charges against appellant and was written under the following headline: “ROCKAFELLOW SAYS HE HELD $225 EIGHT MONTHS. CARRIED MONEY IN WALLET OUT OF LOYALTY TO CITY,” and that the article contained the following words:…