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SPRADLIN'S MARKET, INC. v. SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPERS

No. 51197.

398 S.W.2d 859 (1966)

SPRADLIN'S MARKET, INC., Appellant, v. SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPERS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

February 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Cohen, Charles S. Schnider, John E. Shamberg, Joseph P. Jenkins, Edward G. Collister, Jr., Kansas City, Kan., Sam Gardner, Monett, for appellant.

Richard Farrington, Jack S. Curtis, Farrington & Curtis, Springfield, for respondent.

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment in favor of defendant in its action for libel in which actual and punitive damages totaling $250,000 were sought.

Defendant published in its newspapers two articles, the first of which appeared in the "Springfield Leader & Press" on October 1, 1956, and was as follows:

"Spradlin, Four Others Face $775 ...

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