Abraham Teitelbaum v. The Curtis Publishing Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Abraham Teitelbaum, plaintiff, has appealed from a judgment for defendant in plaintiff’s action for libel against The Curtis Publishing Company, a Pennsylvania corporation. The complaint alleges that, in an article in the Saturday Evening Post, defendant maliciously published of and concerning plaintiff:

“MICKEY COHEN WAS HANDLING $600,000.00 WORTH OF BETS A DAY, AND MANY EASTERN HOODLUMS — INCLUDING SUCH DISTINGUISHED THUGS AS ABE TEITELBAUM, BENJAMIN (BUGSY) SIEGAL, ABE .(LONGY) ZWILLMAN, AND JOE ISCA, HAD MOVED WESTWARD TO ENJOY THE OUTDOOR LIFE.”

The complaint…