Earl v. Times-Mirror Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Daniel M. Hunsaker, Hunsaker, Britt & Edwards, Hunsaker, Britt & Cosgrove, Robert B. Murphey, Samuel Poor-man, Jr., and Leon R. Yankwich for Appellants. Edwin A. Meserve, Shirley.E. Meserve, Joseph Scott and Anderson & Anderson for Respondents.
1Opinion of the CourtWilbur, J.
This is an action for libel in which E. T. Earl recovered judgment for the sum of thirty thousand dollars. The defendants appeal. The article complained of was published in the “Los Angeles Times” of December 3, 1914. E. T. Earl was the publisher and owner of two daily newspapers, the “Los Angeles Express,” an evening newspaper, and the “Los Angeles Tribune,” a morning newspaper, while the defendant corporation published the “Los Angeles Times,” a daily morning newspaper, and the other defendants were also engaged in the publication of that newspaper.
The article complained of by the plaintiff…
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