Munhall Homestead Housing Ass'n v. Messinger Publishing Co.

Van der Voort, J.,

Plaintiff, a nonprofit corporation, chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, brought this action in trespass for libel against defendant, publisher of a daily newspaper, for the publicátion of a series of certain allegedly libelous articles in several issues of defendant’s newspaper.

In its complaint as filed, plaintiff added an innuendo to each article, explaining the particular words used in order to show their defamatory character under the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the publication. The complaint thereafter contains averments that…