Randall v. Evening News Ass'n

The defendant, being publisher of a daily paper, appeals from a judgment rendered against it in an action of libel. The alleged libel consists of three articles published in said paper upon the 15th day of April, 1891, in relation to a boulevard at that time projected in the city of Detroit, copies of which articles were set up in the declaration, and read as follows:

*563“ LET ’ER GO GALLAGHER.

“The Boulevarders Win the Battle for Private Gain.

“ Twenty Estimators Speak for the People of Detroit.

“And the First Boodle of $200,000 is Voted for the Improvement of the Boulevard de Speculation — The…