Snively v. Record Publishing Co.

The defendants appeal from the judgment. The complaint purports to state a cause of action in damages for a libel published by defendants of and concerning the plaintiff. The alleged libel consisted of a cartoon published in a daily newspaper in Los Angeles, known as the “Los Angeles Record.” The Record Publishing Company was the publisher and Dana Sleeth was the editor of said paper. The complaint averred that the plaintiff was chief of police of Los Angeles at the time of said publication and that said cartoon was “meant and intended by the said defendants, and each of them, to make the…