Neilson v. Jensen

Ragan, C.

In the district court of Dawes county Hans Neilson sued Peter Jensen and others for libel. Jensen and others had judgment., and Neilson has filed a petition in error here for its review. Neilson, in his petition, alleged that the defendants, wickedly intending to injure him, maliciously published of and concerning him in the Northwest Netos—a newspaper published at Hay Springs, Nebraska-—the following false, scandalous, and defamatory libel:

“The people of Hay Springs and vicinity seemed very much surprised when it was announced that the plow and harrow stolen from C. F. Burrows on…