Cooper v. Illinois Publishing & Printing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Taylor
This is a suit for damages for alleged libel. 'It was here once before on a question of pleadings. Cooper v. Lawrence, 204 Ill. App. 261. Since then it Jhas been tried before a jury and a verdict and judgment rendered against the defendant in the sum of $75,000. From that judgment this appeal is taken.
In our former opinion we set forth a fair résumé of the alleged libelous words so that it is not now necessary to reiterate them, at large, here.
In the former decision of this cause, we stated that the alleged libelous words charged (1)—in the first count—“moral and intellectual unfitness”;…
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- Parsons v. Age-Herald Pub. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Earley v. WinnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Clark v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Ball v. Evening American Publishing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- O'Malley v. Illinois Publishing & Printing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1915
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