Cohen v. Cowles Publishing Co.

Schwellenbach,

J.—This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a civil action for libel, after an order had been entered sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, and plaintiff had refused to plead further.

The action was against the Cowles Publishing Company and Frank C. Ferguson and wife. The company publishes and circulates “The Spokesman-Review”, a daily newspaper in Spokane and the area known generally as the “Inland Empire” and vicinity. Ferguson was employed as a reporter and associate editor of The Spokesman-Review.

The complaint alleged that on the 21st day of September, 1953, the…