HARWOOD v. BUSH

No. 2058.

223 So.2d 359 (1969)

John W. HARWOOD, Appellant, v. Betty BUSH and Jupiter-Tequesta Beacon, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ralph Mabie, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Joseph D. Farish, Jr., and Martin J.A. Yeager, of Farish & Farish, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


WALDEN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, John W. Harwood, filed a complaint in three counts charging defendants with libel. Attached as exhibits were the allegedly libelous newspaper articles.

Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for failure either to allege special damages or to state a cause of action in libel per se. Their motion was granted with leave for plaintiff to amend his complaint within 15 days. Apparently satisfied that his cause of action was sufficiently...

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