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DYER v. GLOBE-DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO.

No. 49900.

378 S.W.2d 570 (1964)

J. Raymond DYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GLOBE-DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion to Transfer Denied May 11, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Sluggett, III, Clayton, for appellant.

Lon Hocker, St. Louis, Hocker, Goodwin & MacGreevy, St. Louis, Missouri, of counsel, for respondent.

Motion to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied May 11, 1964.

ELMO B. HUNTER, Special Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, J. Raymond Dyer, a St. Louis City attorney, brought suit against the Globe-Democrat Publishing Co., (Globe) a corporation, defendant-respondent, for $100,000 actual damages and $100,000 punitive damages allegedly resulting from a newspaper editorial of March 15, 1957, libeling plaintiff. The editorial read:

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