Vodehnal v. Grand Island Daily Independent

This is an action for libel. The trial court sustained a motion to make plaintiff’s petition more definite and certain. Upon a willful failure by plaintiff to abide by the order of the court, the case was dismissed. We affirm the judgment of dismissal.

The alleged libel resulted from the publication of an item in defendant’s newspaper wherein plaintiff was said to have been arrested and convicted on a misdemeanor charge. The court sustained a motion to make the petition more definite and certain and directed *837plaintiff to allege whether or not the alleged publication was prompted by actual…