Peck v. Wakefield Item Co.

This is an action of tort for libel. The declaration is in five counts. The defendant demurred generally to the declaration and each count thereof and also to the declaration on the specific grounds that the matters relied on by the plaintiff are not libellous and “constitute nothing more than reasonable comment in respect of a candidate for public office in the town of Wakefield and report of matters of local interest,” by the defendant as publisher of a newspaper. An order was entered sustaining the demurrer as to all counts and the plaintiff appealed therefrom without, so far as appears,…