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MORTON v. BENTON PUB. CO.

No. 86-195.

727 S.W.2d 824 (1987)

291 Ark. 620

C.W. "Salty" MORTON, Appellant, v. The BENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., d/b/a the Benton Courier, et al., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris W. Thompson, Little Rock, for appellant.

Baxter, Eisele, Duncan & Jensen by Ray Baxter, Benton, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

Some weeks after C.W. "Salty" Morton (appellant) had publicly announced his candidacy for Sheriff of Saline County, The Benton Courier (appellee) published an article by Lee Brockway (appellee) in its February 26, 1986 issue stating that Morton had been arrested in 1980 by the Little Rock Police and charged with theft by receiving, a felony. According to the article Morton later changed his plea to guilty to a reduced charge of fraudulent use of a credit...

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