Gentry v. Wagoner County Publishing Company

BERRY, Justice.

For the purpose of briefing, this action was consolidated with appeal No. 38,640, Okl., 351 P.2d 715.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover damages from defendants because of alleged libelous statements made in the newspaper article which is quoted in No. 38,640. The plaintiff contends that said article is libelous per se and admits that if the article is not libelous per se he failed to state a cause of action in his amended petition. The defendants contend that the article is not libelous per se.

The trial court sustained defendants’ demurrer to plaintiff’s amended…