Hargrove v. Oklahoma Press Pub. Co.

MASON, V. C. J.

The parties occupy the same relative position here as in the trial court, and, for convenience, they will be referred to as plaintiff and defendants, as they there appeared.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court sustaining defendant's demurrer to plaintiff’s petition in an action for libel based upon an article published in the “Muskogee Phoenix” on the 12th day of November, 1925. The publication reads as follows:

“NEGRO CAN LEAVE JAIL IF I-IE KEEPS ON GOING.

“Federal Judge Grants Parole to Rum Peddler

“Conditional on California Journey.

“William Hargrove, convicted…