Mitchell v. Peoria Journal-Star, Inc.

Plaintiffs, Catherine Mitchell and Margaret Adams Murphy, who are sisters, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court against The Peoria Journal-Star, Inc., a corporation engaged in the business of publishing a daily newspaper at Peoria, to recover damages for an alleged defamation, of and concerning them, arising from defendant’s publication of the following article in the evening edition of its newspaper for June 22,1962:

“Liquor Violators Fined by Default.

“Two women and a man charged with violation of the city liquor sales ordinances were found guilty by default this morning and were fined $50…