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MAHNKE v. NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 40745.

160 N.W.2d 1 (1968)

William L. MAHNKE, Respondent, v. NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oppenheimer, Hodgson, Brown, Wolff & Leach, and David C. Donnelly, St. Paul, for appellant.

Erickson, Popham, Haik & Schnobrich, and Rolfe A. Worden, Minneapolis, for respondent.

OPINION

NELSON, Justice.

In this action for libel, defendant, Northwest Publications, Inc., appeals from an order denying its motion for judgment n. o. v. or a new trial. Plaintiff, William L. Mahnke, was awarded a verdict of $3,000 general damages plus $1,000 punitive damages.

Defendant is the owner and publisher of two daily St. Paul newspapers, the St. Paul Dispatch and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Plaintiff...

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