Heuer

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for certain alleged libelous and defamatory matters published of and concerning her in a resolution prepared by defendant and presented to and published before the George Washington Chamber of Commerce, at an open and public meeting thereof convened for a lawful purpose. The cause proceeded to trial before the court, sitting without a jury, and judgment was rendered against plaintiff and in favor of defendant. From the judgment so entered plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that appellant was a teacher in the Los Angeles city school system, was a long-time resident of said city, where she enjoyed a good reputation as a teacher. At the time of the alleged libelous publication, appellant was teaching in the Woodcrest school in Los Angeles city. In March of 1933 it appears that appellant, while correcting Leo Jones, a nine-year-old pupil in her class, caused one of the boy’s teeth to be broken. The pupil, Leo Jones, sued the appellant in the Municipal Court of Los Angeles and recovered damages for the injuries sustained at the hands of the appellant. The municipal court action was tried in December, 1933, at which…