Reed v. Patriot Co.

Sheely, P. J.,

specially presiding, This is an action in trespass for libel. Plaintiff’s declaration alleged eight separate causes of action or counts, five of which were based upon editorials appearing in The *467Patriot during the 1936 campaign for the election of a State senator; one upon a news article in The Evening News during the same campaign; and two upon news articles in the same paper during the judicial campaign of 1937. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $10,000 and made special findings in which it found defendant “not guilty” on seven of the alleged libels, but…