FAIRBANKS PUBLISHING COMPANY v. FRANCISCO

No. 308.

390 P.2d 784 (1964)

FAIRBANKS PUBLISHING COMPANY, an Alaska corporation, Appellant, v. Grant FRANCISCO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 31, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. McNealy, Fairbanks, Daniel J. Riviera, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Robert A. Parrish, Millard F. Ingraham, Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.


NESBETT, Chief Justice.

This appeal grows out of a libel suit commenced by appellee Grant Francisco against appellant publishing company which publishes a daily newspaper in Fairbanks, Alaska known as the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The libel is alleged to have been contained in an item published in the News-Miner on May 6, 1957 which was reporting the contents of a letter from the newly appointed Fairbanks Fire Chief to the City Manager of Fairbanks.

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