Ingalls v. Morrissey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment and an order of tbe circuit court for Walworth county: E. C. Eschweilee, Judge. This is an action for libel originally brought against Maurice Morrissey and Edward Morrissey. On the trial a nonsuit was granted as to Edward Morrissey. The following is the article complained of, the portions in parentheses being omitted from the complaint: “The Real Record of the Man who Desires to Represent the Great First District of Wisconsin in Gongress.
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Appeals from a judgment and an order of tbe circuit court for Walworth county: E. C. Eschweilee, Judge. This is an action for libel originally brought against Maurice Morrissey and Edward Morrissey. On the trial a nonsuit was granted as to Edward Morrissey. The following is the article complained of, the portions in parentheses being omitted from the complaint: “The Real Record of the Man who Desires to Represent the Great First District of Wisconsin in Gongress. “Elkhorn, Wis., Aug. 17. — Wallace Ingalls, (buccaneer of the Eirst district political sea,) disgrace to his profession as lawyer,…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
1. This action was brought against Maurice Morrissey and Edward Morrissey, and upon the trial the court granted a nonsuit as to Edward Morrissey. It is claimed on the part of the plaintiff that the nonsuit was improperly granted because Edward Morrissey bad an interest in the Delavan Republican business and was therefore chargeable with the article published. After a careful examination of the evidence we are convinced that the nonsuit was properly granted on the ground that there is no sufficient proof connecting Edward Morrissey with the publication of the article. Nor does the evidence…
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