Marsh v. Edge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

This was an action for libel tried at the Atlantic Circuit, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $125. There are no assignments of error founded on admissions of evidence, and reference need be made only to the first assignment of error in determining the question here raised. This assignment is: “Because the trial court refused to non-*662suit the plaintiff, because the plaintiff had not proved malice in fact, and had not demanded in writing a retraction from the defendant, Walter E. Edge, of the matters alleged to bo libelous, as…