MONNIN v. WOOD

No. 1244.

525 P.2d 387 (1974)

86 N.M. 460

Anthony F. MONNIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bob WOOD, Gerry Wood, and Father John Conway, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

July 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. McKenna, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

William F. Aldridge, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff compensatory damages for alleged libel per se. We reverse.

Defendants submitted five contentions for review. We reverse because defendants were entitled to a directed verdict. The written letter involved was not libelous per se.

A. Facts.

Plaintiff was a volunteer teacher of the fifth grade class in the St. Bernadette Religious Education Program, also...

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