FITCH v. STAR-TIMES PUB. CO.

No. 43572.

263 S.W.2d 32 (1953)

FITCH v. STAR-TIMES PUB. CO., Inc.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

December 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Wright, St. Louis, for appellant.

Cobbs, Blake, Armstrong, Teasdale & Roos and Henry C. M. Lamkin, St. Louis, for respondent.


WESTHUES, Commissioner.

This is a libel suit filed by plaintiff Dorothy Fitch against the defendant Star-Times Publishing Company. Plaintiff asked for $50,000 actual and $50,000 punitive damages. A trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. From the judgment entered, plaintiff appealed.

The only point made in plaintiff's brief is that "The trial Court erred in not granting a new trial where defendant failed to prove facts sufficient to establish a legal...

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