ANTON v. ST. LOUIS SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 41257.

598 S.W.2d 493 (1980)

Don ANTON, Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied April 18, 1980.

Application to Transfer Denied June 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay G. Newquist, St. Louis, for appellant.

Robert B. Hoemeke, St. Louis, for respondents.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 18, 1980.

REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Don Anton, instituted this suit for libel against St. Louis Suburban Newspapers and its owner and publisher, Frank C. Bick. In Count I of his petition plaintiff prayed for $50,000 actual damages and $1,000,000 punitive damages against the defendant newspaper. In Count II, he prayed for a like sum against the owner-publisher. Defendants moved jointly to...

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