Thomson v. Kansas City Star Company

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Action for $25,000 actual and $100,000 punitive damages for libel. The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s petition for failure to state a claim, and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff’s petition relates to an article in The Kansas City Times (The Morning Kansas City Star) July 30, 1960. The ar-tide, with letter designations and emphasis on specific portions mentioned in subpara-graphs A through E, paragraph 3, and in paragraph 5 of the petition, follows:

A. “MONEY FLOWS INTO PRIMARIES

“Johnson County is Witnessing New Approach in Campaign by Democrats

“HOT RACE FOR SHERIFF

B.…