Maher v. Devlin

for libel based upon the publication by the defendants in the “Santa Cruz Evening News,” a newspaper of general circulation, published in the city of Santa Cruz, of the following article: “A peremptory writ of mandate to compel the mayor and city council of Santa Cruz to call an election within sixty days, to enable the citizens of the city to vote on the proposed recall of these officials, ‘for mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds,’ was issued here today by the District Court of Appeal.” The complaint further set forth that the plaintiff was at the date of the publication of…