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HAYCOX v. DUNN

104 S.E.2d 800 (1958)

200 Va. 212

Fred A. HAYCOX, Albin R. Mallhes, and The Beach Publishing Corporation, a Virginia Corporation, v. J. Willcox DUNN.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Parker, Norfolk (Richard B. Kellam, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

James E. Heath, Norfolk (M. Earl Woodhouse, Virginia Beach, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, and SNEAD, JJ.

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This is a motion for judgment instituted by J. Willcox Dunn, alleging the publication by defendants, Fred A. Haycox, Albin R. Mailhes, and The Beach Publishing Corporation, of common law libel and insulting words under our statute. Virginia Code, 1950, § 8-630. The action is based on two publications appearing in the "Virginia Beach Sun-News," one on November 24, 1955, and the other on December 8, 1955.

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