Storey v. Wallace

This was an action for' libel, brought by Mrs. Mary Wallace against the proprietors of the Chicago “Times,” on account of the publication in that paper, on the 8th of September, 1868, of the following article :

“ OVER-DRINKING.

“James Wallace, a blacksmith by trade, forty years of age, but of late a saloon keeper at No. 133 Canal street, died suddenly at his saloon, in a fit, on Saturday, while sitting at breakfast. Wallace had formerly lived with his wife and family at Muskegon, Mich. In 1861 he enlisted, and was absent three years. On his return he was astounded to find an infant child in his…