Saucer v. Giroux

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon an order of court sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint.

The action is based upon the alleged act of defendant in causing to be published in a newspaper false and libelous statements that the deceased adult brother of plaintiff Virginia Saucer was an illegitimate son of her deceased mother, which false statements, it is alleged, have caused plaintiff grievous mental and physical suffering, for which she asked judgment for five hundred thousand dollars.

The demurrer was properly sustained. [1] While the publication of…