Schoenfeld v. Journal Co.

The plaintiff contends that the court erred in refusing to award judgment for the plaintiff upon the undisputed evidence for the amount of damages assessed by the jury notwithstanding the verdict of the jury which found the entire article as published not libelous. The basis of plaintiff’s contention is that the language found in the headlines, “Warrant for Pastor in Fur Thefts. Church Organ Cached Loot at Park Falls,” was libelous per se and was not a fair index of the concededly privileged article following.

While no warrant charging plaintiff with larceny had been issued, it is undisputed…