YANCEY v. GILLESPIE

No. 523.

87 S.E.2d 210 (1955)

242 N.C. 227

W. Harrelson YANCEY v. David E. GILLESPIE and Spindle City Publishing Company, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. T. Carswell, Robert G. Sanders, Charlotte, for plaintiff, appellant.

Mullen, Holland & Cooke, Gastonia, by J. Mack Holland, Jr., Gastonia, for defendants, appellees.


HIGGINS, Justice.

Boiled down to its essence, the article complained of says the editor is informed the city council, by a vote of four to two, with the verbal backing of the mayor, has purchased a "shabby" lot in Gastonia for $3,000; "that the purchase is not a bargain," but is a "wasteful and non-arbitrated use of public money"; that the editor of the paper believes the deal smells. The clause underscored is the only reference to the plaintiff. The...

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