Baker v. Haldeman-Julius

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action for libel. Defendant demurred to the amended petition and appeals from an adverse ruling.

The amended petition alleged that plaintiff was a resident of the state of Iowa and was not licensed to practice medicine. Several years prior to publication of the article complained of, plaintiff had obtained, discovered and developed certain remedies for the treatment of cancer and other ailments, and about the year 1929 had established a hospital at Muscatine, Iowa, which was operated by duly licensed physicians and surgeons who…