Lyon v. Fairweather

The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendants to recover damages for an alleged libel. The defendants answered and a trial was had in the lower court, the judge thereof sitting without a jury. The plaintiff was awarded damages in the sum of $750, and from the judgment the defendants- have appealed.

In his complaint the plaintiff alleged that the defendants published an article in their newspaper, the “Reedley Exponent, ’ ’ an article of and concerning the plaintiff, which the plaintiff alleged to be libelous. In their answer the defendants denied certain of the allegations of the…