Parmelee v. Hearst Pub. Co., Inc.

This is a libel action based on an article written by Westbrook Pegler and published by defendant in The Chicago Herald-American. Counts two and three in the original complaint were stricken on defendant’s motion. The amended complaint of two counts was filed November 9, 1949. The amended count two was dismissed on defendant’s motion, plaintiff elected to stand, and judgment was entered for defendant, on count two and plaintiff has appealed.

Defendant’s motion admitted the facts hereinafter set forth. Plaintiff was on or before June 2nd, 1948 a resident of Chicago, Illinois employed as an…