Jerald v. Houston

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiff brought this action for damages against defendant for publishing an article in defendant’s newspaper, the Columbus Daily Advocate, which plaintiff alleged was untrue and malicious in certain particulars. It appears that plaintiff owned a farm near Columbus, which was assessed at $35.75 per acre; that 6.06 acres of the farm were condemned and taken for the use of a railway company; that plaintiff was awarded $1,312 as damages for the land so taken; and that plaintiff had appealed from the award and a jury had given him a verdict for…