Golden North Airways, Inc., a Corporation v. Tanana Publishing Company, Inc., a Corporation

I am frank to say that I find nothing in the verdict which required a judgment for the defendant. The questions framed by the court for answer by the jury were designed to ascertain whether the words in the newspaper were spoken of a very large, all-inclusive group of persons, or whether, as Judge YANKWICH puts it, it referred to a group “small enough so that a person reading the article may readily identify the person as one of the group.” Question 1 described a limited group, which the jury, by their answer to Question 2, said numbered from 5 to 10. The jury said the reference was to this…