Scripps v. Reilly
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Superior Court of Detroit. Libel. Reilly sued Scripps, who was the principal proprietor of a newspaper called The Evening News, for publishing therein a scurrilous article purporting to give the substance of a bill of complaint filed against a third party and seriously implicating Reilly. He recovered a verdict of $4,500 damages, but judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court (Scripps v. Reilly, 35 Mich., 371) and a new trial ordered.
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Error to Superior Court of Detroit. Libel. Reilly sued Scripps, who was the principal proprietor of a newspaper called The Evening News, for publishing therein a scurrilous article purporting to give the substance of a bill of complaint filed against a third party and seriously implicating Reilly. He recovered a verdict of $4,500 damages, but judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court (Scripps v. Reilly, 35 Mich., 371) and a new trial ordered. Upon the second trial, which is reviewed in this opinion, Reilly recovered a verdict for $5,000 and Scripps again brought error.
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, J.
When this case was before the court at a former term, several questions were then disposed of, and the facts were so fully stated in the opinion of the court that no extended reference to them will be necessary in the present case. The errors assigned will be noticed in their order.
I. That the court erred in permitting the plaintiff to challenge a juror after the defendant had exhausted his peremptory challenges.
After the jurors had been called, counsel for plaintiff challenged some of them peremptorily, and some for cause, and then announced himself satisfied. Defendant’s counsel then…
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