JEFFERSON v. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.

Docket No. 18613.

108 Cal.App.2d 538 (1952)

238 P.2d 1018

JAMES MONROE JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

January 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde Thomas for Appellant.

Cooper, White & Cooper, Sheldon G. Cooper and Robert M. Raymer for Respondent.


VALLEE, J.

Plaintiff sued defendant, a newspaper publisher, for libel. He did not allege that he had suffered special damage, and admittedly could not cure the omission by amendment. The court sustained defendant's demurrer to the complaint without leave to amend on the specific ground it was not alleged that a correction had been demanded as required by section 48a of the Civil Code. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment which followed.

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