Draper v. Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank

THE COURT.

This is an appeal by defendant, Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, a corporation, from a judgment awarding plaintiff $10,000 as damages for the publication by defendant of alleged libelous communications concerning plaintiff. A judgment providing for $15,000 as compensatory damages and $5,000 as exemplary damages was originally entered upon the verdict of the jury, but thereafter defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied upon plaintiff’s filing with the court a written consent to the reduction of the total amount of damages from $20,000 to $10,000. The court…