Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Gulager

SWINDALL. J.

On the 16th day of July, 1924, the Oklahoma Press Publishing Company, a corporation, published in the columns of its newspaper, the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, certain language of and concerning- W. M. Gulager. On the 21st day of July, 1924, W. M. Gulager commenced an action for libel against said company and certain of its officers and employees in the district court of Muskogee county, Okla. Service of summons was obtained on the same date, July 21, 1924. Thereafter, on July 23, 1924, W. M. Gulager filed his petition for libel in the district court of Cherokee county, Okla. Praecipe…