Bennett v. Stockwell
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; North, J., presiding. Case by Milo O. Bennett against Joseph W. Stock-well and others for libel. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings, error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is an action of libel against the defendants, who served as grand jurors in the circuit court for the county of Kalamazoo, for the composition and publication of an alleged false, malicious, and defamatory document, styled a “report,” which was filed with the circuit court for said county by the defendants, through Byron J. Carnes, their foreman, on February 5, 1914. The report was written by defendant Stockwell and handed to the circuit judge by defendant Carnes. The said “report,” containing the alleged libelous language, was before this court in Bennett v. Kalamazoo Circuit Judge, 183…
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