Young v. New Mexico Broadcasting Company

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

Appellants, defendants below, appeal from an adverse judgment awarding damages for libel. Plaintiff Young and appellee Davis were partners engaged in television repair service at Albuquerque under the trade name Day and Night Television Service Company. Davis was a silent partner in the company when the suit was brought by Young, but at his own request, was made a party plaintiff. Subsequently, Young assigned his interest in the company to Davis. The cause was then dismissed as to Young and carried on in the name of Davis.

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