Morgan v. Bulletin Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Drew,

As the result of an article and picture published in the Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin on November 20,1949, Alyce Morgan, plaintiff, brought this suit for libel against the Bulletin Company. During the course of the trial the jury was discharged by stipulation of counsel and the case proceeded to its conclusion with the trial judge finding for plaintiff in the sum of $10,-000. After argument before the court en banc judgment was entered on the findings and the Bulletin appealed.

*351Late in 1948, during the course of a special grand jury investigation of certain…