Gauvreau v. Superior Publishing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action for libel.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action for libel. The complaint, among other things, alleges that the plaintiff was-a physician and surgeon, duly licensed, and in practice as such in Superior, Wisconsin, and as such was called to treat the children of one Frankfort, in that town, a short time prior to the publication of the alleged libel; that to injure the plaintiff, and to impoverish his said business and profession, the defendant did, February 21, 1884, in said town, “ knowingly,…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Upon this demurrer the allegations of the complaint must be taken as true. This being so, the things alleged to have been published of and concerning the plaintiff, his business and profession, must be regarded as false, and as such knowingly published by the defendant. Marsh v. Ellsworth, 36 How. Pr. 532.
The learned counsel for the defendant is undoubtedly correct in claiming “that it is not the office of an innuendo to enlarge the meaning of the words employed in the publication, but merely to point out their application to the facts previously alleged.” That rule has frequently received…
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