Holden v. American News Co.

SCHWELLENBACH, District Judge.

This is a libel action in which the defendants have interposed motions for judgment non obstante veredicto and for new trial after the return of a jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiff. The article alleged to be libelous was published in the December 22, 1942, issue of Pic Magazine. The American News Company, a New York Corporation (hereafter called the Company) whose business it is to distribute magazines throughout the United States,, and C. A. Hawksley, the local representative of the Company, are defendants. In the original complaint, Street & Smith…