Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. Givens

KENNEDY, District Judge.

The appellee, plaintiff in the court below, sued the appellant, defendant in the court below, to recover damages in an action for libel growing out of the publication of an article in the Oklahoma Times published by the appellant in the city of Oklahoma City on March 4, 1932, and by a jury was awarded damages in the sum of $5,000, upon which a judgment was entered. The defendant appeals.

The article in question reads as follows:

“Oklahoma City Times,

“Friday, March 4, 1932.

(Page 5, column 5.)

“Lawyer Held on Forgery Charge.

“Bartlesville, March 4 — (AP)—E. A. Threadgill,…