Show Undercover Court Ads Acts To End End- Libel Suit More than two years of litigation tion over a defamation of or character suit brought by Jeremiah Jeremiah Jere Jere- miah Stokes former Salt Lake City attorney against John Roy Carlson author of Undercover ended in U. U S. S district court Mon Mon- day Judge Tillman D. D J Johnson o 0 h n s son o n ordered dismissal of the case to satisfy payment of appeal costs cost totaling The judgment against the best- best selling author w was a s originally brought during a trial in Salt Lake Lakein in November 1946 1916 when Jeremiah Stokes was awarded for libel and character defamation Three other Salt Lakers who had filed tiled suits lost their cases An appeal from the decision was entered in the circuit court ourt of appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals at Denver and was won by bythe bythe the author The dismissal action was taken during pretrial hearings on 14 civil cases before Judge Jude Johnson Trials were tentatively set to begin March 15 |