Wallace v. Homestead Co.

Deemer, J. —

1 The petition, which is in two counts, is based upon alleged libelous publications printed in an agricultural paper known as the “Homestead” in its issue of October 8, 1897, and a second publication of practically the same matter in an issue of February 18, 1898. The first publication reads as follows: “The task of watching the test on behalf of the swine-growing interests of the West and vouching for the results is one to which the strictest impartiality should be summoned. It is therefore much to be regretted, in view of the importance of the subject to those interests, that it…