Sciandra v. Lynett

Lewis, J.,

This matter comes before the court on defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings.

On June 30, 1958, plaintiff instituted an action in trespass seeking damages for an alleged libel based upon an article published in The Scranton Times, a daily newspaper, operated as a partnership by the individual defendants. The article forming the basis of plaintiff’s action appeared in defendants’ newspaper on May 21, 1958, and, in general, reports plaintiff as having been a participant in a “so-called hoodlum meeting” at the residence of a former resident of Pittston, one Joe Barbara, on…