Cook v. East Shore Newspapers, Inc.

Plaintiff appellee, Ralph Cook, judge of the city-court of East St. Louis, brought suit against the East Shore Newspapers, Inc., a corporation, Edward Lindsay, R. A.-Barracks, and P. H. Wire, for libel because of alleged libelous statements published by the East St. Louis Journal in the City of East St. Louis on the 27th day of August 1934. The action was instituted on the 13th day of November 1934, and was originally tried before a jury which resulted in the return of a verdict of guilty by the jury on January 28, 1938, and wherein the jury assessed plaintiff’s damages at $37,500.…