Estelle v. Daily News Publishing Co.

I cannot concur with the majority of the court, and my reasons for dissenting, briefly stated, are as follows; The libelous article set out in full in the majority opinion is construed by considering Its several words and sentences separately, and in a way that, to my mind, will not bear the test of judicial investigation. The published article should be taken up as a whole, and all of its words and sentences should be construed together. There may be sentences in the article which, standing alone, possibly could not be construed as libelous and might not have caused the institution of a suit…