Express Pub. Co. v. Wilkins

This is a suit for damages based on allegations of the publication of libelous matter, instituted by appellee against appellant, which resulted, on a trial by jury, in a verdict and judgment for $15,000 actual and $6,000 punitory damages in favor of ap-pellee.

The petition declared on three publications dated, respectively, December 23, 1917, December 28, 1917, and January 12, 1918. The only publication submitted to the jury was ( Í that of December 23, 1917, which is as follows:

“Two Local Officers Must Go, Verdict of Committee on Vice.

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