BRENNAN v. LARAMIE NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 3994.

493 P.2d 1044 (1972)

Phil BRENNAN and Eileen Brennan, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. LARAMIE NEWSPAPERS, INC. and David J. Mickelson, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weston W. Reeves, of Graves, Smyth & Reeves, Cheyenne, for appellants.

Alfred M. Pence, of Pence & Millett, Laramie, for appellee Laramie Newspapers, Inc.

Thomas S. Smith, of Smith, Stanfield & Mendicino, Laramie, for appellee David J. Mickelson.

Before McINTYRE, C.J., and PARKER and McEWAN, JJ.


Mr. Justice McEWAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that defendant-Laramie Newspapers, Inc. had published a defamatory article of and concerning plaintiffs, and also alleging that defendant-Mickelson had slandered plaintiffs in the same manner. The cause was tried before a jury, and at the close of plaintiffs' case the trial court granted defendants' motions for directed verdicts.

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