Barnett v. McClain

Lola McClain, Joe T. Porter and Eugene Porter brought separate suits against Horatio Barnett and Oscar Barnett for damages for libel. The causes were consolidated and tried together, and each of the plaintiffs recovered judgment against both defendants for damages.

The litigation arose out of the publication, in August, 1918, in the Meteor, a newspaper published in Malvern, in which or near which city all of the parties lived, of the following advertisement:

“notice to bidders.

“Notice Is Hereby Given, that any and all parties who may bid upon the above described property with view of securing…