Ruble v. Kirkwood

This is an action to recover damages for an alleged libel. It is predicated on a letter written by the defendant, it. J. Kirkwood, president and general manager of the Union Savings & Loan Association, to the State Corporation Commissioner of and concerning the plaintiff. The only portion of the letter set out in the complaint is the recital that the plaintiff “has now been made a defendant in a criminal action.” For several years plaintiff had been employed by the Union Savings & Loan Association as a salesman of bonds and securities in the City of Portland, but such employment was…