Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Brown

66 So.2d 679 (1953)

MIAMI HERALD PUB. CO.

v.

BROWN.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

July 28, 1953.

Loftin, Anderson, Scott, McCarthy & Preston, Robert H. Anderson and William C. Steel, Miami, for appellant.

Chesterfield H. Smith, Wm. A. McRae, Jr., and Holland, Bevis & McRae, Bartow, for appellee.

THOMAS, Justice.

This litigation arose from a rather curious set of circumstances. In an issue of The Miami Herald there appeared an article entitled "Wonder Who Will Default? Prosecutor or Bolita Kingpin" dealing with divorce litigation between one Emmett Caraker, described as a "lottery king",…