NOVELIST’S ACTION
SETTLED OUT OF COURT BIOGRAPHY OF DUKE LONDON, Jan. 20. A settlement was announced in the King's Bench Division to-day of a libel action by Compton Maclvcnzie, the novelist, against The Leader, arising out of his proposal to write a biography about the Duke of AYRiclsor. The defendants are stantial sum in. compensatioiCjiiiind costs. i Counsel said that 'rbe/Tieadery .iii a paragraph, implied that ;pOmp'tou 31c Kon/.io' was falsely pretijiifling to bo writiug tlie work with ’ ill© L consent and approval' of A^imlsor for till' l purpose of; Finlfen'g” sales of tlie book. As. defendants had f,ini ml that no warranty Jor such an% .imputation they had promptly niiblikl|§|||' ; ,nu apology, and had damages and:'costs. toßmßbK f«lSI
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 10, 14 March 1938, Page 2
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119NOVELIST’S ACTION Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 10, 14 March 1938, Page 2
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