Herald Publishing Co. v. Feltner

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

The appellee, as plaintiff below, brought this libel suit against the Herald Publishing Co. and George A. Newman, its editor, to recover damages for an alleged libelous publication that appeared in the Louisville Herald, a newspaper published by the Herald Publishing Co. The headlines of the article complained of are as follows:

“Beckham will be asked to pardon Hargis Henchman. Petition being circulated to secure executive clemency for Felix Feltner, now fugitive in the far West. Breathitt man’s boast of power under test. Will the Governor yield to…