Doyle v. Oklahoma Press Pub. Co.

Plaintiff, John H. Doyle, sued to recover damages alleged to have resulted from defendants’ publication, by their agent and editor, Stone, of libelous matter concerning plaintiff. The petition alleged publication of the libelous matter May 1, 1948, in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, a newspaper of general circulation owned and published by the defendant corporation, which was under the ownership and control of the other named defendants. The first cause of action alleged malicious publication of false and defamatory matter personally damaging plaintiff; the second’cause of action real-leged these…