Fordyce v. Richmond

Epperson, C.

Plaintiff from 1903 to 1905 was the secretary of a local lodge at Minden, Nebraska. Henry R. Piper and wife were members of the order, and were required to pay certain assessments to the plaintff as the agent of the association. Defendants are the owners and publishers of a newspaper published in Minden, Nebraska, and in the issue of their paper of January 26, 1905, published a statement charging plaintiff with the embezzlement of money sent by the Pipers for the payment of their assessments. The charge was repeated in several subsequent issues of defendants’ paper. Plaintiff sets…