Sherwood v. Evening News Assn.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendants to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of publication in the Detroit News of an article alleging in substance that he had participated as a bandit in a gun battle with the police in the village of Peck, been wounded, stolen a car to escape, been apprehended, and placed in jail. Plaintiff was not the bandit, did not participate in the gun battle, was not shot, did not steal a car, was not arrested, or sent to jail. Upon the trial plaintiff recovered a verdict of $10,000. This was reduced to $3,500 by the trial court, and judgment…