Wahl v. Marschalk

GRIMM, Judge.

Plaintiff Thomas L. Wahl, pro se and on behalf of The Lake St. Louis Sentinel, Inc., sued defendant for slander. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action.

Plaintiffs appeal. This court dismissed the Sentinel’s appeal for lack of representation by a licensed attorney. We reverse and remand the dismissal of Mr. Wahl’s petition.

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Mr. Wahl’s third amended petition alleges he owns the Sentinel. It further alleges that on or about September 9, 1994, defendant attended a political meeting and

addressed the assembly and stated that there…