Pfister v. Milwaukee Free Press Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: S. D. Hastings, Judge. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the publication of a series of alleged libelous articles by the defendant the Milwaukee Free Press Company in reference to the plaintiff, and resulted in a verdict for $10,000 compensatory damages and $5,000 punitory damages in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: S. D. Hastings, Judge. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the publication of a series of alleged libelous articles by the defendant the Milwaukee Free Press Company in reference to the plaintiff, and resulted in a verdict for $10,000 compensatory damages and $5,000 punitory damages in favor of the plaintiff. Judgment was entered upon the verdict, and from such judgment this appeal is taken. Theodore Kronshage, Jr., James K. Ilsley, Howard Greene, James H. Tweedy, and H. A. J.…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
1. A third defense was originally pleaded to •each of the causes of action contained in the complaint, to which a demurrer was sustained. Such defense set forth that the defendant corporation was a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Milwaukee, and that as such it was privileged to ■discuss and criticise governmental affairs, and public graft and dishonesty in municipal contracts, and also to discuss in■dictments and proceedings in court and to bring the same to the attention of the electors and taxpayers of the state; that in the exercise of such right the defendant published the matter's…
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