Grossman v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Co.

Plaintiff, Grossman, filed this suit against defendant publishing company to recover actual damages in the sum of $25,000 and a like sum as punitive damages, for publishing an alleged libelous article. Defendant filed a demurrer to the petition which was overruled. Defendant then filed an answer to the merits. When the case was called for trial the judge who had ruled on the demurrer was not presiding. When plaintiff called his first witness to testify the defendant's counsel objected to the introduction of evidence on the ground that the petition failed to state a cause of action. The court…