Mosier v. Stoll

Elliott, C. J. —

The appellant’s complaint, as it was originally framed, charged that the appellees had published a malicious libel, intending to injure the appellant, and “ to hold him up to public scorn, contempt and ridicule.” The entire article was set out, and the complaint, as it was first framed, seemed to charge that the whole article was false and libellous. At a subsequent point in the proceedings, the appellant withdrew from his complaint all specifications of the falsity of the charges contained in the article, except one. The record thus exhibits the withdrawal: “ Said plaintiff…