Long v. Tribune Printing Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Case by John H. Long against the Tribune Printing Company and Percival R-. Benson, impleaded with James E. Scripps, for libel. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, C. J.
Plaintiff sued defendants for a libelous publication, and recovered judgment. The article was published on July 29th, and charged plaintiff (a ■policeman) with being implicated in a burglary on the morning of July 26th. The circumstances attending the affair, which immediately directed attention to plaintiff, had been well known, to the police department for three days prior to the publication, and a satisfactory explanation had been made to the department. The article, not*209withstanding, stated that “an investigation has since been going on;” that the affair was “being guarded with the utmost…
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