Burns v. Telegram Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an alleged libelous publication, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Tuttle, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Burpee, J.; facts found and judgment rendéred for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This action was brought against the defendant to recover damages for the publication of an article in the “Bridgeport Telegram,” a newspaper published in the city of Bridgeport in Fairfield county. The defendant interposed a demurrer to the sufficiency of the complaint, which was overruled. An answer was then filed, which admitted the publication of the article and denied the other allegations of the complaint. The answer also averred that the publication was in regard to a matter of public interest, and concerned public property and public business, and was madé by the defendant in good…
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