Heralds of Liberty v. Rankin

Laura B. Nankin sued the Heralds of Liberty in the circuit court for libel. From a judgment in her favor this appeal is prosecuted.

The facts necessary to an understanding of this opinion are briefly as follows: The appellee for some time had collected monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual dues from about two hundred members of this insurance society. For the faithful discharge of these duties she had entered into a bond payable to the appellant association.

Appellant became engaged in- litigation with its state agents, and these agents brought suit against the company by attachment in the…