KELLY v. JOHNSON PUBLISHING CO., INC.

Docket No. 22585.

160 Cal.App.2d 718 (1958)

325 P.2d 659

MARGARETTE THOMPSON KELLY et al., Appellants, v. JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

May 22, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson, Carter, Flournoy & Matthews and Rafus J. Carter for Appellants.

Loeb & Loeb, Allen E. Susman and Sanford M. Ehrmann for Respondent.


VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment entered on an order sustaining defendant's general demurrer to the complaint without leave to amend. The question is: Does the complaint state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action for wrongful invasion of the right of privacy or for libel?

The complaint alleges:

1. Defendant is the owner and publisher of "Ebony," a magazine circulated in the county of Los Angeles and throughout the world...

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