Boardman & Cartwright v. Gazette Co.

— This is an action for damages for alleged libel. The plaintiffs’ petition discloses the following: The plaintiffs are attorneys engaged in the practice of their profession at Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa. The defendant, The Gazette Company, is a corporation and its principal business is the publication of a newspaper at Cedar Rapids, Iowa (The Cedar Rapids Gazette), which has a daily circulation of about 50,000 in central Iowa, including Marshall County; that the defendant Verne Marshall is the editor and in charge of the publication of the said Cedar Rapids Gazette and the defendant…