Show THE DEMURRER IS SUSTAINED good humored criticism Is not lible new york feu IS the ato division of the supreme court in this department has sustained a demurrer entered by the publishers of a newspaper here to a suit instituted against it by professor oscar lovell triggs of the university of chicago for alleged damages sustained on account of editorial comments upon prof triggs poetry in the demurrer it was contended that the comments professor twiggs complained of were not ll belous this demurrer after beans overruled in special term Is sustained by the appellate division in its opinion which Is written liy justice inqraham bo court points out that there is a wide between libel and good humored criticism say there la certainly a distinction between a publication tends to make the individual infamous odious or ridiculous and a publication which relates to a persons opinions on topics of public interest certainly in no case to which our attention has been called has it ever been held that a publication which tends to ridicule opinions upon ed subjects Is ll belous as tending to make the individual who Is responsible for these opinions ridiculous oakland cal feb 13 W A maccowen the defaulting secretary of the university of california la been sen fenced to sarve six years and elca es idortha in san quentan s v t ah to airl |