Preveden v. Croatian Fraternal Union of America

MARSH, District Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for the alleged defamation of plaintiff’s reputation by certain articles printed in “Zajednicar,” the official newspaper of the corporate defendant. The defendants filed answers to the complaint. The Croatian Fraternal Union of America, hereafter referred to as the Union, set up in its answer seven separate defenses, the last of which asserts that at the time of the publication of the alleged libelous matter and at the time of the filing of his complaint, “the plaintiff was and still is a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union of…