Bowe v. Rogers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action for libel. The libelous matter was circulated in the form of printed band-bills, and was as follows: “ HOW XT PATS TO PATRONIZE SOME DRESSMAKERS. '££ During the month of August last, Mrs. 8.'A. Bowe, then living on Main street near Mr. Dobson’s, who bad been in tbe habit of getting milk of me at the rate of four quarts per day until it had reached fifty quarts at five cents, two dollars and fifty cents, and she…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action for libel. The libelous matter was circulated in the form of printed band-bills, and was as follows: “ HOW XT PATS TO PATRONIZE SOME DRESSMAKERS. '££ During the month of August last, Mrs. 8.'A. Bowe, then living on Main street near Mr. Dobson’s, who bad been in tbe habit of getting milk of me at the rate of four quarts per day until it had reached fifty quarts at five cents, two dollars and fifty cents, and she finding that I had a fine'cassimere dress pattern which she was very anxious to get and make up, and under pretended…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
We do not see that the defendants are in a position to object that the circuit judge denied the motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial pro forma. If they were entitled to the exercise of any other judicial discretion and judgment on the motion than was actually given it by the circuit judge, they should have insisted upon such exercise when the motion was decided. As the case stands now, we must treat the order as though the motion were decided after argument, on full consideration, and denied for reasons which were satisfactory to the conscience and judgment of the circuit…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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