Griffin v. Opinion Publishing Co.

In a’civil action for libel, the plaintiff James Griffin recovered a judgment for money damages against defendant Opinion Publishing Company for two articles published in defendant’s weekly newspaper, the Chinook Opinion, and from such judgment the defendant has appealed.

Numerous specifications of error are assigned, among them being that the complaint fails to state a cause of action for-libel and that the evidence fails to prove any libel.

The first of the two newspaper articles complained of was: published in the issue of the Chinook Opinion of September 11, 1941, and reads:

“This will be a…