Jacobs v. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.

[523]

DOUGLAS, P. J.

Plaintiff recovered judgment for $500 actual and $2,500 punitive damages in an action for libel. -Defendants appealed tq the Kansas.City Court of Appeals. That court affirmed the. judgment,, and transferred the case here because its decision conflicted with a ruling of the Springfield Court of Appeals. 205 S. W. (2d) 887.

We consider a ease transferred from a court of appeals the same as an original appeal. Art. V, Sec. 10, Constitution 1945. We find the judgment should be reversed for the reason the words complained of are not libelous. ..

- Plaintiff entered the employment…