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BELLO v. RANDOM HOUSE, INC.

No. 52866.

422 S.W.2d 339 (1967)

Violette H. BELLO, Appellant, v. RANDOM HOUSE, INC., Bernard Geis & Associates, Dell Publishing Company, Inc., Irving Shulman, and Ward Parkway Book Shop, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn E. McCann, Knipmeyer, McCann & Millett, Kansas City, for appellant.

John R. Gibson, Ronald C. Spradley, Morrison, Hecker, Cozad, Morrison & Curtis, Kansas City, for respondents.

HOUSER, Commissioner.

The question for decision, concededly a case of first impression in this state, is whether a surviving relative has a cause of action under § 559.410, RSMo 1959, V.A. M.S.,1 for a malicious defamation, made public by printing, designed to blacken and vilify the memory of one who is dead. The question arises in this wise: Violette H. Bello, the surviving widow of Marino Bello, deceased, brought an action in the...

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