Bradley v. Cramer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Book County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ Libel. The article was held to be actionable per se, and tbe complaint sufficient on demurrer, for which see 59 Wis. 309. The answer, in effect, admitted the publication of the article, January 1, 1882, and that it was false in so far as it concerned or referred to the plaintiff; but denied that it was maliciously published, or that a certain portion of it was capable of the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Book County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ Libel. The article was held to be actionable per se, and tbe complaint sufficient on demurrer, for which see 59 Wis. 309. The answer, in effect, admitted the publication of the article, January 1, 1882, and that it was false in so far as it concerned or referred to the plaintiff; but denied that it was maliciously published, or that a certain portion of it was capable of the meaning ascribed to it. The answer also alleged, in justification and mitigation, several facts, among which were that a…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The charge to the jury was very lengthy. Numerous exceptions were taken to it. It is said to have dwelt upon matters not in issue and upon facts which were wholly for the jury, in a sensational manner. Complaints are made as to the distinctions drawn between slander and libel, and their effects; the description, definition, nature, construction, and value of character; the intrinsic worth of good character to the individual himself, when compared with great riches or silver and gold; and the reading to the jury an extract from the opinion on the former appeal, commenting upon the meaning of…
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