Theodore v. Daily Mirror, Inc.

In this action for libel there was evidence sufficient to take the case to the jury on the issue whether the defendant had falsely and unjustifiably imputed to the plaintiff that he had been faithless to his public trust in his» office as a member of the State Legislature.

On his cross-examination, the plaintiff was made to admit that there were unpaid judgments against him for office rent and merchandise, for money lent and for work and services. This cross-examination runs to twenty-one pages of the record. Plaintiff’s objections thereto were overruled by the trial judge because, as he said,…