Medick v. Bulkley

*644OPINION

The answer having admitted the writing of the letter set up in the petition, the court determined that' upon a fair consideration of its import in its entirety it was slanderous per se. Thereupon the plaintiff was entitled to compensatory damages, full and complete. Likewise, on the state of the record, if actual malice shown, it was proper for the jury to award exemplary or punitive damages. Defensively the jury was required to determine: (1) Whether or not the libelous statements averred in the petition were true. (2) -If not true, were they maliciously made and upon the question of…