Locke v. Chicago Chronicle Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. A. Spurrier, Judge. Action at law to recover damages caused by tbe publication by the defendant of an article alleged to be libelous. There was a trial by the court without .a jury, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for one thousand dollars, interest, and costs. The defendant appeals.-
1Opinion of the CourtHobinson, C. J.
*3921 *391The defendant is a corporation organized, existing, and operating under the laws of the *392state of Illinois, engaged in the business of publishing a newspaper called the Chronicle. On Sunday, the nineteenth day of January, 1896, it issued an edition which contained an article concerning the plaintiff and others, which the plaintiff alleges was libelous; and this action was brought to recover damages which it is alleged to have caused. The action was commenced by serving the original notice thereof in January, 1896, on one Osborn Shannon, as an agent of the defendant. In May, 1896, the…
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