Dorman v. Credit Reference & Reporting Co.

This is an action at law to recover the sum of $50,000.00 as alleged damages for the publication by the defendant of an alleged false report concerning the plaintiff in a credit reference and reporting book.

The petition attempts to state a cause of action based upon the publication of certain defamatory and libelous matter. Both general and special damages are asked. Briefly and in substance, it is alleged in the petition that the plaintiff has for more than five years last past been engaged in the business of selling school equipment in Des Moines and adjacent territory; that the appellant…