Dalton v. Woodward

In this 'Case the plaintiff, John P. Dalton, brought an action against Margaret Dorothy Woodward, doing business under the name and style of '“The Valley Enterprise,” George Woodward, Jr., and George Woodward, Sr., her servants and employees, to recover damages for an alleged libel published by the defendants on March 11, 1937, in the Valley Enterprise, a weekly newspaper published at Valley, Nebraska. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, the trial court directed a verdict for the defendants. From the overruling of his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals.

The record discloses that an…