Legal Opinion
Newby v. Times-Mirror Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 12, 1920No. Civ. No. 2080PublishedCited by 10 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The action is for damages for libel. Plaintiff had judgment, following the verdict of a jury, for seven thousand five hundred dollars, and defendant appeals from the judgment.
On a former trial of the action, judgment was in favor of defendant, which judgment was reversed by the supreme court. (Newby v. Times-Mirror Co., 173 Cal. 387, [Ann. Cas. 1917E, 186, 160 Pac. 233].) From that decision we quote the following statement of the facts:
“The defendant is the publisher of the ‘Los Angeles Times, ’ a daily newspaper of large and general circulation, published in the city of Los Angeles. ' The…
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