O'Donnell v. Philadelphia Record Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Defendant appeals from judgment on a verdict for plaintiff in an action for libel. Defendant’s counsel states the controlling question to be “whether defendant had reasonable and probable cause for believing that which it published concerning the plaintiff.” That was one of the questions; in addition, it was necessary for the jury to consider whether the publication was inspired by a proper motive and was made in a proper manner. There is evidence to support the verdict on all three grounds.

The libelous editorial appeared in defendant’s newspaper April 18, 1941, and…