Salinger v. Des Moines Capital

The following opinion was written by the late Justice Vermilion, and is now adopted as. the opinion of this court by a majority thereof.

The petition alleged and the answer, in effect, admitted the publication by the defendant of the article alleged by plaintiff to be libelous.

The material portion of the article is- as follows:

“Justice Salinger Suggests Another Supreme Judge.

“Judge B. I. Salinger, who holds a seat on the supreme bench, advocates increasing the number of supreme judges. The number is seven at the present time, and Judge Salinger wants to make it eight. He says there is too much…