Buckstaff v. Viall
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action for libel. The facts are stated in the opinion. To the point that the article was a privileged communication, they cited Odgers, Libel, 42; Wason v. Walter, L. R. 4 Q. B. 93; Foster v. Scrvpps, 39 Mich. 376; Folkard’s Starkie, Slander & L. secs. 269-270; Newell, Defamation, S. & L. 576, sec. 15.
1Opinion of the Court
Ob,ton, J.
The demurrer to the second count of the complaint, on the ground that it did not state a cause of action, was overruled, and the defendant has appealed from said order. The action is for libel. The complaint substantially sets forth the following libelous matter:
The plaintiff was a resident of the city of Oshkosh, Winnebago county, in this state, and a state senator of the nineteenth senatorial district, comprising a large portion of said county, at the date hereinafter stated. The defendant was at the same time doing business in said city as a publisher, under the name of E. W.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bradley v. CramerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
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- Spiering v. AndræWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
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