ACTION FOR LIBEL
RACEHORSE PALERMO
United Press Association—By""Electric Tele-
graph—Copyright.
(Received 18th November, 11 a.m.) MELBOUKNE, This Day.
An account in the "Age" newspaper last February of the puichase of the New Zealand racehorse Palermo was
the subject of a libel action, when William M'Dermott, former proprietor of the "Graphic," a weekly paper, sued tin proprietors of the "Age" for £5000 damages. M'Dermott said that the article alleged that he had dishonoured an agreement to purchase the horse, which subsequently won a largo stake in New Zealand.
Tho hoaring was adjourned,
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 121, 18 November 1931, Page 11
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91ACTION FOR LIBEL Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 121, 18 November 1931, Page 11
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