Sheibley v. Nelson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from, the district court for Cedar county: Anson A. Welch, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Root, C.
The pleadings in this case are referred to at length in an opinion of Mr. Commissioner Duffie on a former appeal to this court, 75 Neb. 804. Upon the second trial a jury found for defendant, and plaintiff again appeals.
1. In its fourth instruction the court informed the jury “that the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to prove by a preponderance of the evidence all the allegations of his petition which are not admitted by the answer”; and in its second instruction told them that the answer admitted the publication, but denied that it was published “falsely, wickedly or maliciously…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Damon v. CarrolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Childers v. San Jose Mercury Printing & Publishing Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- State ex rel. Race v. CranneyWashington Supreme Court · 1902
- Lindquist v. DicksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Prewitt v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
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- Combs v. Owens Motor Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1931
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