Lehner v. Kelley

This appeal involves substantially the same libel as that heretofore dealt with by this court in Lehner v. Berlin Publishing Co. 211 Wis. 119, 246 N. W. 579. The facts giving rise to the publication are well stated-in that .case.and need not be repeated here. , .

The defendant Printing Company is the owner apd-pub-lisher of the Princeton Republic, having a circulation of approximately seven hundred copies in Green Lake and Marquette counties. The defendant A. H. Rimpler is the managing editor. Defendant Kelley, at the time of the publication in question, was a stockholder and. vice-president,…