Stone v. Hutchinson Daily News

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HKjtchison, J.;

This is a consolidation of two actions brought by the two plaintiffs separately against the same defendant, a newspaper publishing company, to recover damages for the publication of an article which the plaintiffs claim was false and libelous, and published by the defendant company maliciously and without probable cause. Issues were joined, trial had to a jury, and verdict and judgment rendered in favor of defendant, from which judgment the plaintiffs appeal.

Three grounds of error are especially urged by the appellants: First, the giving…