Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee 'County: WarreN D. Taeeaht, Circuit Judge. This is an action for libel. The complaint charged in effect that the defendant corporation published and circulated in its newspaper, in the city of Milwaukee, the following article with the picture of photograph of the plaintiff immediately under the first headline: “SUICIDE GIRL LAID TO REST.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee 'County: WarreN D. Taeeaht, Circuit Judge. This is an action for libel. The complaint charged in effect that the defendant corporation published and circulated in its newspaper, in the city of Milwaukee, the following article with the picture of photograph of the plaintiff immediately under the first headline: “SUICIDE GIRL LAID TO REST. “Evelyn Daly, Suicide. [Photograph.] “Evelyn Daly Succeeded in Taking Her Life After Twenty- , five Attempts. “(Special to the American.) “Milwaukee, Aug. 1Y. — Evelyn Daly, daughter of Mrs. E. L. Daly,…
1Opinion of the CourtWiwsnow, J.
It is elementary that written or printed publications which falsely tend to bring the plaintiff into *421public disgrace, contempt, or ridicule are libelous. Bradley v. Cramer, 59 Wis. 309, 18 N. W. 268. It is also elementary that a libel need not be in printed language, but that a caricature or picture or effigy, with or without printed language, which is understood to refer to the plaintiff, and which has the tendency to bring disgrace, contempt, or ridicule upon the plaintiff, is libelous. Newell, Slander & L. (2d ed.) ch. 4, § 1, p. 43.
A printed statement to the effect that a person is a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bradley v. CramerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- De Sando v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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