Crocker v. Hadley

This was a suit by the appellee, Hadley, to recover damages from the appellant, Crocker, for his publication of an alleged libel. The cause was put at issue and tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned for the appellee, assessing his damages in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. ■Over the appellant’s motion for a new trial judgment was rendered against him on the verdict.

Several errors are assigned by appellant in this court, but his counsel has confined his argument chiefly to the alleged ■error of the court in overruling his motion for a new trial. Counsel say: “ It is admitted by…