NEWS-JOURNAL COMPANY v. GALLAGHER


233 A.2d 166 (1967)

The NEWS-JOURNAL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Charles L. Reese, Jr., and Creed C. Black, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Charles T. GALLAGHER, Jr., and Hope D. Gallagher, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

July 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Finger, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellants.

Harold Leshem of Booker, Leshem, Green & Shaffer, Wilmington, for appellees.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


CAREY, Justice.

Appellants, The News-Journal Company, Charles L. Reese, Jr. and Creed C. Black, seek the reversal of an order of the Superior Court which denied their motion for summary judgment against appellees, Charles T. Gallagher, Jr. and Hope D. Gallagher, his wife. The action is one for alleged libel against Mr. Gallagher in several articles which appeared in Newspapers published by the corporate defendant, the other two appellants being respectively the Editor...

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