SCIANDRA v. LYNETT

No. 380.

21 Pa. D. & C. 2d 615 (1959)

Sciandra v. Lynett

Common Pleas Court of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

February 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence H. Eldredge, Ettore S. Agolino and William S. Degillio, for plaintiff.

J. Julius Levy and Joseph J. Savitz, for defendants.

Before Aponick, P. J., and Flannery, Lewis, Pinola and Brominski, JJ.


LEWIS, J., February 11, 1959.

This matter comes before the court on defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings.

On June 30, 1958, plaintiff instituted an action in trespass seeking damages for an alleged libel based upon an article published in The Scranton Times, a daily newspaper, operated as a partnership by the individual defendants. The article forming the basis of plaintiff's action appeared in defendants' newspaper on May 21, 1958, and, in general...

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