Jenness v. Co-Operative Publishing Co.

This was an action by respondents to recover damages for an alleged libelous article published in the “Idaho Free Press,” a newspaper published by appellant at Nampa, Canyon county, Idaho.

The alleged defamatory words complained of are set out in the complaint haec verba. To this complaint appellant demurred generally and specially, and contended that the words used were not libelous per se and that respondents having failed to allege by way of inducement any extrinsic facts and connect such facts by proper colloquium so as to render them actionable, it fails to state a cause of action.

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