Morse v. Times-Republican Printing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court.— Hon. Obed Caswell, J udge. Action at law to recover damages on account of the publication of an alleged libel. At the close of the evidence the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant corporation is, the publisher of a daily newspaper at Marshalltown, Iowa, and at the *709time of the matters complained of the plaintiff' was engaged in business as soliciting agent for a life insurance company in Central Iowa, where said newspaper had a large circulation. The alleged libel for which damages, are claimed was published in said paper on or about May 27, 1901, and is in the following words:
Exhibit A.
Morse Elew High.
A Marshalltown Insurance Agent Brings Himself Into Prominence.
Another young man by the name of Morse is bringing to Marshalltown unsavory advertising. The…
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