Bausewine v. Norristown Herald, Inc.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Jones,

These appeals are from judgments for the plaintiff in two separate suits for libel. The eases were consolidated for trial and both appeals raise the same legal questions. Originally, the defendants were Norristown Herald, Inc., which publishes the Times Herald, a daily newspaper, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, and Ralph Beaver Strassburger, the president and substantial owner of that company. The defendants were jointly impleaded on the theory that they were jointly responsible for certain allegedly libelous writings carried by the Times Herald.

At ¿ former trial the…