Stephens v. Commercial-News Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. W. B. Scholfield, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
This is an action for damages brought by plaintiff against defendant on a charge of libel. The article complained of was published in a newspaper published by defendant at Danville, Illinois, charging plaintiff with being guilty of renting rooms for immoral purposes and with pandering, alleging damages to the plaintiff, under the usual averments in actions of this character.
Defendant filed a plea of general issue and a special plea claiming privileged communication, upon the theory that the article published was the…
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