Smith v. Pure Oil Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

This is an action for libel by Walter Ray Smith against Pure Oil Company, H. D. Sanders and James Adams. The petition was dismissed on demurrer and the plaintiff appeals.

It charges that in March, 1938, the defendants erected or caused to be erected and displayed a large sign board at “Sanders Servistation,” the company’s property, on U. S. Highway No. 25, in Laurel County? containing the following false and malicious statements:

“WARNING!

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