Kassowitz v. Sentinel Co.

The following paragraph contains the alleged libel:

“That theory is in practice at Muirdale, Coffey said, and there are a number of persons employed there, including part-time doctors, who are so-called arrested cases of tuberculosis. ...”

The appellant’s first contention is that the article, above quoted, sufficiently identifies the plaintiff to permit him to maintain the action. It is alleged in the complaint that at the time of the publication, there were, including plaintiff, four part-time doctors employed at the Muirdale sanitarium. The article states: “There are a number of persons…