Legal Opinion
Gentry v. WAGONER COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 22, 1960No. 38640PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERRY, Justice.
The parties who occupy the same relative position here as in the trial court will herein be referred to as they appeared in said court.
In this action plaintiffs seeks to recover damages from defendants because of an alleged libelous article which appeared in the Coweta Times Star. The article reads as follows:
“We was notified by our attorney, Paul Gotcher, that the $22,800.00 suit filed by L. C. Gentry against this newspaper has been dismissed.
“A suit filed by Virginia Gentry on the pretence of a back injury was dismissed sometime ago.
“Checking L. C. Gentry’s record of previous…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tulsa Tribune Co. v. KightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. KendallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Dusabek v. MartzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Bratcher v. GernertSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Lindley v. DelmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Eastwood v. National Bank of Commerce, Altus, Okl.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1987
- Gentry v. Wagoner County Publishing CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960