STONE v. ESSEX COUNTY NEWSPAPERS, INC.


365 Mass. 246 (1974)

311 N.E.2d 52

JOHN J. STONE vs. ESSEX COUNTY NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Cronin (John P. Fitzgerald with him) for the defendant.

John C. Stevens, III, for the plaintiff.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, J.

The plaintiff had a jury verdict in a tort action for libel. The case is before us on the defendant's outline bill of exceptions. The facts are as follows.

On November 4, 1969, Jeffrey C. Stone, the then twenty year old son of the plaintiff, appeared in District Court charged with being present where narcotic drugs were illegally kept and with illegal possession of narcotics. A tablet alleged to be a "harmful drug" was introduced in evidence...

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