Jolly v. Fossum

This action was brought to recover damages for alleged libel and slander. It was alleged in the complaint that the defendant Lloyd A. Fossum, who was mayor-elect of the town of Pacific at the time, made slanderous statements about the plaintiff to the other defendants, publishers of the Auburn Globe-News, who in turn printed them in a libelous article. A motion of the defendants for summary judgment was heard on the pleadings, excerpts from a deposition of the plaintiff, a copy of minutes of the town of Pacific for May 24, 1955, and a copy of the transcript in criminal cause No. 154, before…