Garrett v. Republican Publishing Co.

■ This was an action by E. O. Garrett to recover damages for an alleged libel printed April 30, 1896, in The Guster County Republican, a weekly newspaper published in the city of Broken Bow. The defendants, the Republican Publishing Company, a corporation, and J. EL Chapman, filed separate answers, the former denying and the latter admitting responsibility for the defamatory article. The court held that the evidence given at the trial was insufficient to warrant a verdict against the publishing company, and sustained a motion to dismiss the case SO' far as it was concerned. This is the only…