Sanford v. Rowley

This is an action of libel. The libelous language complained of was as follows:

i(We know, of course, that Sanford himself would not hesitate to lie in court, or anywhere else, in order to defend himself against the truthful charges of treachery which the Journal has preferred against him. In bold, willful, skillful, and systematic prevarication he has probably never had an equal in the State of Michigan.”

The. innuendoes stated that by this language it was meant “ that the defendant had positive knowledge that the plaintiff was a reckless and confirmed criminal at heart, who would not only…