Phoenix Printing Co. v. Robertson

McNEILL, j.

This controversy arose over the publication of an article in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, a daily paper published by the Phoenix Printing Company in the city of Muskogee, on May 24, 1914. The publication complained of is as follows:

‘‘Man’s Tango Talk Proved Provoking— This Way Out, Sir. Charley Robertson, a Chauffeur, Didn’t Make a Hit With His Opinion.

“Just what Charley Robertson, a chauffeur thinks about the tango will probably never be known. Charley started to tell last night as he was tripping the light fantastic at Leighton's Hall, South Fourth street.

“He had no more than…