Patterson v. Evans

Plaintiff’s action is for libel. She recovered judgment in tbe circuit court for five hundred dollars actual and one thousand dollars punitive damages.

It appears from the allegations of the petition that plaintiff purchased of defendant a ton of coal which *685proved to be worthless for fuel; that she informed defendant of that fact and he refused to allow her to return it, whereupon she notified him that she would not accept the coal and that it was subject to his order, and refused to pay for it. That defendant, after informing plaintiff that he would do so, had her name published in a paper,…