Farley v. McBride

Letton, O.

This is an action for libel. John D. McBride, plaintiff below, at the time of the publication of the alleged libel, was the sheriff of Cass county, and was at that time a candidate for reelection. The defendant below, George L. Parley, was the editor and publisher of the Evening News, a newspaper published at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The publication which is complained of is as follows: “Question of Pees. The question of the sheriff’s fees in the Shepard case has been under discussion on our streets for several days, and having gathered some information from the county records, and…