Fite v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.

The plaintiff in error commenced this proceeding in the district court of Oklahoma county to recover from the defendant in error general and exemplary damages for the injury alleged to have been sustained by her through the publication in the Oklahoma City Times and the Daily Oklahoman, two newspapers published and distributed by it, of an article, as follows;

“Fight Started for Removal of Mrs. Fite.

“That the political fortunes of Mrs. R. L. Fite of Tahlequah, vice chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, will go down with those of Governor Walton, was the. opinion of legislators opposed…