CROSS v. GUY GANNETT PUBLISHING CO.


121 A.2d 355 (1956)

Burton M. CROSS v. GUY GANNETT PUBLISHING CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLean, Southard & Hunt, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Berman, Berman & Wernick, Portland, Goodspeed & Goodspeed, Augusta, for defendant.

Before FELLOWS, C. J., and WILLIAMSON, WEBBER, BELIVEAU, TAPLEY and CLARKE, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

This was an action of libel brought by the plaintiff, a former Governor of Maine, against the defendant company, which publishes several daily newspapers in this state. The defendant filed a general demurrer to the plaintiff's declaration which was overruled below. Defendant's exceptions bring the matter before us.

The defendant asserts as one ground of demurrer that the declaration is fatally defective in that it fails to allege that the...

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