Schy v. Hearst Pub. Co.

FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is prosecuted to reverse an order of the District Court which sustained appellee’s motion to dismiss the complaint charging libel, and directing its dismissal at appellant’s costs. The alleged defamatory matter was published by appellee, Hearst Publishing Company, Inc., on February 25, 1951, in its daily newspaper, “The Chicago Herald American,” which is circulated in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and elsewhere throughout the United States. The article used the following language:

“Behncke Tells How Group Jammed Way Into Sickroom”

By Meyer…