CATALFO v. SHENTON

No. 4703.

102 N.H. 47 (1959)

ALFRED CATALFO, JR. v. ENOCH SHENTON & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided April 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fuller, Flynn & Riordan and John C. Driscoll (Mr. Driscoll orally), for the plaintiff.

Orr & Reno and Malcolm McLane (Mr. McLane orally), for the defendant Shenton.

Wyman, Bean & Tefft (Mr. Tefft orally), for the defendant Courier Publishing Company.


KENISON, C. J.

The plaintiff, an attorney who was chairman of the Democratic State Committee, alleges "that in substance the article [written and published by the defendants] called the plaintiff `a pig-in-the-parlor' element"; that the article has exposed him to public hatred, shame, contempt, ridicule, humiliation and disgrace; and that the article has injured his reputation as an attorney and injured his status as Democratic State Chairman by putting him "in ridicule...

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