Wheaton v. Beecher

The action in this case is for libel. The libel originated in an interview had between the defendant and Charles F. May, one of the reporters of the Detroit Evening News at that time, and in its employ, and in which it is averred by the plaintiff that the defendant made statements seriously reflecting upon the good character of the plaintiff, and imputed to him dishonesty, corruption, and general moral delinquency, such as to make him unfit for the position to which he aspired, and for which he was very generally recommended by most of the prominent business and professional men of the city…