Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. Gray

The defendant in error was the plaintiff and tbe plaintiff in error was the defendant in tbe trial court, and they will be referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court.

The defendant published in the Daily Oklahoman, a daily newspaper owned and published by the defendant, a certain statement, as follows:

“Lawyer Arrested on Fraud Charge.

“Lee M. Gray, Counsel for Green, Faces Federal Trial.

“Lee M. Gray, Attorney, of Hennessey, was arrested Wednesday night by a deputy United States marshal on an indictment issued by the federal grand jury in session at Guthrie last week charging him…