HILL v. LAKELAND LEDGER PUBLISHING CORPORATION

No. 68-340.

231 So.2d 254 (1970)

J.D. HILL, Appellant, v. LAKELAND LEDGER PUBLISHING CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kaylor and Harry King, Winter Haven, for appellant.

Lawton Chiles, of Carr & Chiles, Lakeland, and Parker Thomson of Paul & Thomson, Miami, for appellee.


McNULTY, Judge.

This is a libel action in which appellant directly appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of appellee, hereinafter called The Ledger. We affirm.

On October 31, 1966 The Ledger published the article which appellant claims is libelous. The pertinent portions thereof are as follows:

Chemical Sales to City ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS EX-MAYOR VIOLATED STATUTES "WINTER HAVEN — Former Winter Haven Mayor...

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