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SALEEBY v. FREE PRESS

91 S.E.2d 405 (1956)

197 Va. 761

Emma Sue SALEEBY v. FREE PRESS, Incorporated, and J. Willcox Dunn, Publisher.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stant & Mirman, for plaintiff in error.

James E. Heath, Norfolk, M. Earl Woodhouse, Virginia Beach, for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH, and WHITTLE, JJ.

WHITTLE, Justice.

Emma Sue Saleeby sued Free Press, Incorporated, and J. Willcox Dunn, its owner, publishers of the "Princess Anne Free Press". The motion for judgment charged both common law libel and a violation of the insulting words statute, § 8-630, Virginia Code, 1950. The answer to the motion asserted that the printed statement complained of was a true statement of a matter of public concern and therefore no liability attached by virtue of the publication...

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