Gerald v. Inter Ocean Publishing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Libel.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This was a suit for damages brought by appellant against appellee, for the publication of an alleged libelous article in the Daily Inter Ocean. Upon the trial at the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court, on motion of defendant,, instructed the jury to find the defendant not guilty. From the judgment upon this instructed verdict the plaintiff has appealed to this court.
The publication complained of was as follows :
“ FATALLY SHOOTS A WOMAN.
Oscar M. Galloway Wounds Sarah Iirouse in an Alley.
Oscar M. Galloway, a shoe dealer, living at No. 701 West Congress street, shot Sarah Krouse, twenty-two…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pollard v. LyonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Schmisseur v. KreilichIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Cerveny v. Chicago Daily News Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Barnes v. TrundySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1850
- Roby v. MurphyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
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