Morley v. Post Printing & Publishing Co.

The plaintiff in error sued the defendants in error on three causes of action for libel. The defendants filed two demurrers to each cause of action; one for insufficient facts, the other for misjoinder of parties defendant. The demurrers were sustained, the plaintiff elected to stand upon his complaint, and the case was dismissed. -At the time of the publication of the alleged libels, the plaintiff was governor of Colorado, invested by the State Constitution (article 4, § 7)' with the exclusive power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction.

I. The article of which the…