Brodsky v. Journal Publishing Co.

This appeal is by plaintiff from a judgment entered upon a verdict directed for the' defendant.

Plaintiff sets forth in his complaint two causes of action. It is not necessary to an understanding of the questions presented to set forth the pleadings and facts in their entirety. The complaint so far as material on this appeal alleges that plaintiff is the owner of a packing plant at Spearfish and wholesales meats and does “custom butchering for customers throughout the west river country”. Plain tiff bases his action for libel on the following article published in the Rapid City Journal in the…