Thorson v. Albert Lea Publishing Co.

HILTON, Justice.

This is a libel action in which plaintiff sought to recover $10,000. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $250. Defendant appeals from an order denying its blended motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

Defendant is the publisher of a daily newspaper at Albert Lea in Freeborn county, Minnesota, known as the Evening Tribune. It consists of 14 pages, and in its issue of November 12, 1931, on page three thereof, appeared the following item:

“On Liquor Charge.

“On Tuesday night the sheriff’s department arrested Gilbert Thorson of 314 Fourth Street…