HEMINGWAY v. FRITZ

No. 11368.

529 P.2d 264 (1974)

96 Idaho 364

John H. HEMINGWAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George FRITZ, dba Wood River Journal, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

July 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lee Schlender of Schlender & Young, Ketchum, for appellant.

John Doerr of Doerr & Reed, Twin Falls, for respondent.


BAKES, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant John H. Hemingway brought this action for libel. He is a member of the Idaho Fish and Game Commission who resides in the Wood River Valley, six miles north of Ketchum, Idaho. The defendant-respondent George Fritz is the owner and publisher of the Wood River Journal, a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the Wood River Valley. Respondent Fritz published a news article1 and an editorial

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