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POWERS v. DURGIN-SNOW PUBLISHING CO.

144 A.2d 294 (1958)

George POWERS v. DURGIN-SNOW PUBLISHING CO., Inc. George POWERS v. Clifford N. OLESEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobson & Jacobson, Portland, for plaintiff.

Arthur A. Peabody, Portland, for defendants.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, DUBORD, and SIDDALL, JJ.

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

These two actions of libel arise from the publication of an article written by defendant Olesen in the weekly newspaper owned and published by defendant Durgin-Snow Publishing Co., Inc. The cases are before us on exceptions in each instance to the overruling of defendant's demurrer and present identical issues. For convenience we will refer only to the case against the publisher.

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