Bailey v. Charleston Mail Ass'n

LoviNS, Judge:

This is an action for libel in which the Circuit Court of Kanawha County overruled plaintiff’s demurrer to defendants’ amended special plea of privilege and fair comment and, of its own motion, certified the ruling to this Court. The following is a resume of the pertinent facts alleged in plaintiff’s declaration.. Plaintiff at and prior to the publication of the editorials hereinafter mentioned was, and is now, a member of the State Road Commission and State Road Commissioner of West Virginia. On behalf of the State of West Virginia and in the discharge of his official…