Cramer v. Noonan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
SEKGR TO RACINE OIEOUIT COURT. This was an action on the case for libel, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, and tried at the Racine Circuit, where the plaintiff below recovered a judgment for $200 damages and costs. The declaration contained three counts.
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SEKGR TO RACINE OIEOUIT COURT. This was an action on the case for libel, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, and tried at the Racine Circuit, where the plaintiff below recovered a judgment for $200 damages and costs. The declaration contained three counts. After the usual inducement, and reciting that the defendant was- the proprietor and editor of a daily newspaper, the~Daily Wisconsin\ published in the city of Milwaukee, proceeds: “ And whereas also a certain person named Monroe Edwards, was a man of odious character, had therefore committed many frauds and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
WhitoN, C. J.
The motion for a nonsuit, which was made after the evidence on the part of the plaintiff had been given, and the motion in arrest of judgment, were both founded on supposed defects in the declaration. It will be necessary, therefore, to examine the declaration, and ascertain whether it sets out a good cause of action. It contains three counts. The first count (rejecting the inuendoes) sets out the alleged libel as follows: “ Since the postmaster forged sentiments and words for Silas Wright, which he never uttered, no one need suppose that he would be scrupulous about…
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