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MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. v. McGRAW-HILL PUB. CO.

No. 8560.

146 F.2d 171 (1944)

MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., Inc., v. McGRAW-HILL PUB. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 22, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart S. Ball, Harold A. Smith, and Silas H. Strawn, all of Chicago, Ill. (Winston, Strawn & Shaw, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

H. Templeton Brown, of Chicago, Ill., J. A. Gerardi, of New York City and Carl Meyer and Raymond J. Friend, both of Chicago, Ill. (Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.

MINTON, Circuit Judge.

Montgomery Ward & Company, hereafter referred to as the plaintiff, filed suit for libel against McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, hereafter referred to as the defendant, the publisher of Business Week. The plaintiff alleged special damages, but none was proved. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence, the trial court sustained a motion by the defendant for a directed verdict, and entered judgment...

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