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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE CORPORATION v. WEST

93 S.E.2d 274 (1956)

198 Va. 154

ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE CORPORATION v. Marion B. WEST.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Crockett, Alexandria (John Barton Phillips, Alexandria, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

John G. Drake, Arlington, (Green, Trueax & Smoot, Arlington, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

On September 2, 1954, Marion B. West instituted this action against The Alexandria Gazette Corporation by motion for judgment for damages. The motion charged both common law libel and a violation of the insulting words statute, § 8-630, Virginia Code, 1950, by the defendant in the publication of a news article. No malice was alleged, nor were punitive damages prayed for.

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