Scripps v. Reilly

■Graves, J.:

Defendant in error recovered judgment in the superior court of Detroit in an action for libel, and plaintiff in error complains ■of various proceedings at the trial.

Defendant in error was a lawyer in practice in Detroit. He was a single man. In the spring of 1875 he was elected circuit judge of Wayne county, and in the fall thereafter was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Patchin. In 1873 plaintiff in error began publishing the newspaper called the “Evening News,” and has continued the publication since that time. In 1875 *the paper had a large daily…