Skrocki v. Stahl
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Solano County. A. J. Buckles, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
The action, being for libel, was tried before a jury, and the general verdict was in favor of the defendants. The alleged defamatory matter was published in the “Vallejo Evening News,” a daily newspaper, of which the defendants are the owners and publishers, according to the undenied allegation of the complaint. The article complained of stated that a brother of plaintiff had committed suicide, leaving a letter setting forth the rácetrack and slot-machines as the reasons for ending his life. The tragic manner of his self-destruction is graphically described and the article proceeds in the…
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