Legal Opinion
Morcom v. San Francisco Shopping News
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 1935No. Civ. 9265PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, J., pro tem.
We are invited, by this appeal, to examine a judgment for the defendant, rendered by the court below after sustaining a general demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint and after the plaintiff had failed to avail himself of the granted permission to amend.
The complaint, so successfully assailed, attempts to state a cause of action for libel. It alleges that the plaintiff is a member and president of the city council of Oakland, ex-officio mayor of that city and a candidate for Congress; that the defendant is a corporation, engaged in publishing and distributing, gratis, an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Davis v. HearstCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
- Snively v. Record Publishing Co.California Supreme Court · 1921
- Taylor v. LewisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
- Eva v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
- Longsworth v. CursonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
3Cited by15 opinions
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- Washer v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'nCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
- Locke v. MitchellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
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