Hill v. Evening News Co.

In this case, defendant’s motion of ne recipiatur raises two questions; that of the defendant’s liability, which depends upon whether or not this suit abated on the death of the infant plaintiff before judgment, and that of parties.

The record shows: That on March 19, 1927, George Raymond Hill, the infant plaintiff, by his father and next friend, brought this suit against the defendant, a corporation, to recover damages for publishing an alleged libel ; the defendant was summoned, plead the general issue, and issue was joined. On October 10', 1927, before trial and judgment, the father filed a…