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DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-J. CORP. v. FIRSTAMERICA DEV. CORP.

No. 65-548.

181 So.2d 565 (1966)

DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. FIRSTAMERICA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black, Cobb, Cole & Crotty, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Nichols, Gaither, Beckham, Colson & Spence and Robert Orseck, Miami, for appellee.

Loftin & Wahl, Jacksonville, for Fla. Pub. Co., as amicus curiae.

Baynard & McLeod, St. Petersburg, for Times Pub. Co., as amicus curiae.

Henry F. Richardson, Jr., Palm Beach, for Perry Publication, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Before HENDRY, C.J., and TILLMAN PEARSON and SWANN, JJ.

TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

This interlocutory appeal presents a question of venue in an action for libel. The question involved is whether a cause of action for libel against a newspaper accrues in each county where copies are distributed, so that the plaintiff may elect where he will bring his suit or, conversely, whether the "single publication rule" in libel cases may be applied to require suit in the county where the newspaper has its first and general distribution...

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