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HACKWORTH v. LARSON

No. 10498.

165 N.W.2d 705 (1969)

Ann HACKWORTH and Beverly Burton, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Alma H. LARSON, the Associated Press, and the Rapid City Journal Company, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

March 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gunderson, Farrar, Aldrich & Warder, Rapid City, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Whiting, Lynn, Jackson, Freiberg & Shultz, Rapid City, for defendant and respondent, Alma H. Larson.

Bangs, McCullen, Butler & Foye, Rapid City, for defendants and respondents, The Associated Press and the Rapid City Journal Co.

RENTTO, Judge.

This is a libel action predicated on a news release issued by the defendant, Alma H. Larson, Secretary of State of South Dakota, and a news dispatch concerning it prepared and disseminated by the Associated Press and published by the Rapid City Journal Company. The defendants moved for summary judgment on the pleadings. When the motions were heard these were supplemented by affidavits filed on behalf of all parties. The motions were granted. From the...

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