Tillinghast v. McLeod

This is a petition by the defendant for the new trial of an action on the case against him for libel. The action was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, where the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $300 damages. The grounds for a new trial alleged in the petition are first, that the court erred in some of its rulings in matter of law, and second, that the damages awarded are excessive. The writing complained of as libellous was contained in a letter written by the defendant, under date of June 27, 1889, to one S. E. Reynolds, and is set forth in the declaration with innuendoes in…