CAVENDISH v. MOFFITT

No. 13795.

253 S.E.2d 558 (1979)

Carl L. CAVENDISH v. John MOFFITT and Greenbrier Daily Newspapers, Inc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Clay Smith, Lewisburg, for appellant.

Amos Bolen, Andrew McClung, Lewisburg, for appellees.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, the appellant, Carl L. Cavendish, raises the question of what is the appropriate statute of limitations for an action for libel in the State of West Virginia.

On February 10, 1975, the appellee, Moffitt, wrote and published in the West Virginia Daily News, a newspaper owned by Greenbrier Daily Newspapers, Inc., an article which Cavendish considered libelous.

On March 3, 1976, more than one year, but less than two...

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