Platto v. Geilfuss
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe County Court of Milwaukee County. Action for libel. Tbe alleged libelous words, and tbe circumstances under which they were written, will appear from tbe opinion. Tbe circuit court sustained a demurrer to tbe complaint as not stating a cause of action; and plaintiff appealed from tbe order.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
By way of inducement, the complaint states that tbe plaintiff was an attorney practicing law in Milwaukee, having dealings with the firm of II. Campbell & Co., law *492publishers in New York city; and that he had purchased of that firm books and publications to the amount of $11. It is stated that it had been agreed between the firm and the plaintiff that the firm should draw on him for that amount, through one of the banks in Milwaukee; and that the firm did draw, sending the draft to the Bank of Commerce in Milwaukee for presentation to and acceptance and payment by the plaintiff'. It is then…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cramer v. NoonanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
3Cited by2 opinions
- Stewart v. Minnesota Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Rustgard v. TroyDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1921