RAMSEY v. ZEIGNER

No. 8415.

444 P.2d 968 (1968)

79 N.M. 457

Ross B. RAMSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marie S. ZEIGNER, H. Markly McMahon, Monitor Publishing Company, Inc., a New Mexico Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Gallegos, Snead & Wertheim, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sterling F. Black, Los Alamos, for H. Markly McMahon and Monitor Publishing Co.

Bigbee & Byrd, Jere C. Corlett, Santa Fe, for Marie S. Zeigner.


OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

Ross B. Ramsey, plaintiff below, sued Marie S. Zeigner, H. Markly McMahon, editor and publisher of the Los Alamos Monitor, a newspaper published at Los Alamos, and the Monitor Publishing Company for damages on account of certain alleged libelous statements. The complaint was dismissed by the court for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The plaintiff, electing to stand upon his complaint, refused to amend...

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