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BRUSH-MOORE NEWSP. v. POLLITT

[No. 241, September Term, 1958.]

220 Md. 132 (1959)

151 A.2d 530

BRUSH-MOORE NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. POLLITT

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed May 20, 1959.

Denied June 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Hearne, Jr., and Hamilton P. Fox, Jr., with whom were William H. Vodrey, Jr., and Godfrey Child on the brief, for the appellant.

John B. Robins and Richard M. Pollitt, with whom were John L. Sanford, Jr., Stanley G. Robins and Vaughn E. Richardson on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND and HORNEY, JJ.

Opinion and judgment and terms of remand modified herewith.

HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Jesse M. Pollitt, the sheriff of Wicomico County, sued the appellant for an alleged libel which appeared in "The Salisbury Times" on November 14, 1956. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration, but on appeal to this Court we reversed. Pollitt v. Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc.,

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