Owen v. Dewey
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Shiawassee; Newton, J. Case by George W. Owen against Edmund O. Dewey and James N. McBride for libel. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, C. J.
Action for libel. Defendants gave notice that they would insist in their defense that the *68material allegations in the article are true. Defendants are publishers of the "Owosso Times, and plaintiff is the publisher of the Shiawassee American. On March 27, 1891, defendants published an article, in which they charged the plaintiff with an attempt to. bribe a State Senator, by an offer of money. Defendants had judgment, and plaintiff appeals.
Defendants gave in evidence an article published in the Evening News of Detroit on March 23,1891, and an article which appeared in the Owosso Times on March…
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