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LEWIS v. VALLIS

356 Mass. 662 (1970)

255 N.E.2d 337

ARTHUR P. LEWIS vs. GEORGE VALLIS (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick G. Talabach, for George Vallis, submitted a brief.

Robert J. Hallisey for the Globe Newspaper Company.

Walter J. Hurley for the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & QUIRICO, JJ.

WILKINS, C.J.

These actions of tort for defamation were tried together and resulted in verdicts for the plaintiff.1 The declaration in the Vallis case is for slander. The declarations in the two actions against the newspapers are for libel.

THE ACTION AGAINST VALLIS.

There are two counts, each of which alleges that the defendant on or about October 9, 1963, "falsely and maliciously spoke and published of the plaintiff the...

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