Kennedy v. Item Co.

FOURNET, Justice.

This appeal presents for our review a judgment of the civil district court for the Parish of Orleans dismissing an action for libel instituted by Kemble K. Kennedy, a member of the bar of this state, against the Item Company, Inc., owner and publisher of the New Orleans Item, a daily newspaper published in the city of New Orleans, and based on the following editorial that appeared in the paper’s edition of April 1, 1942:

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