Whitney v. Madden

This is a direct appeal from the' superior court of Cook County by A. F. Whitney, plaintiff-appellant, in an action for libel against T. M. Madden, defendant-appellee, from an order of that court dismissing the complaint on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Appellant contends the order violated section 2 of article IV and the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States.

The complaint alleged that the defendant Madden, a resident of the State of Minnesota, sent a telegram from International Falls, Minnesota, to the plaintiff, Whitney, at his residence in Cleveland, Ohio,…