Locke v. Mitchell

EDMONDS, J., pro tem.

A general demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint having been sustained without leave to amend, plaintiff appeals from the judgment of dismissal subsequently entered.

The action is one for libel, and is based upon a letter alleged to have been written and published by the defendants. The complaint alleges that plaintiff is an attorney who for more than twenty years before the publication of the letter complained of specialized in municipal corporation law and served either as assistant secretary or secretary of the League of California Municipalities, an association composed of…