Ball v. Tribune Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of trespass on the case for libel. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding'Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of trespass on the case for libel brought by appellant against appellee. The gravamen of the case as laid in the declaration is the composing, printing and publishing of a "certain article headed, “Give a (Jlew to Death Mystery,” etc., published in the Chicago Tribune. The body of the article by its items relates wholly to one Pearle M. Ball. Immediately alongside of the head lines of the article was published a double column picture of the plaintiff, Bose Ball. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence the…
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