Price v. Whitely

The plaintiff obtained judgment in an action for libel, and defendant in the pleadings admitted the publication of the following words, of and concerning him: “ I found an imp of the devil in the shape of Jim Price sitting upon the mayor’s seat; when I demanded the name of the person, he answered that there was no name signed to the charge. * * * And now, sir, that imp of the devil and cowardly snail, that shrinks back into his shell at the sight of the slightest shadow, had the bravery to issue an execution against me before the close of the day, and put it into the hands of the marshal.” He…