HAAS v. EVENING DEMOCRAT COMPANY

No. 50213.

107 N.W.2d 444 (1961)

Edmund A. HAAS, Appellee. v. EVENING DEMOCRAT COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Francis Phelan and Johnson & Phelan, Fort Madison, and Harold F. Martin, Keokuk, for appellant.

R. P. McManus and N. E. McManus, Keokuk, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

On February 13, 1957, plaintiff filed his petition in twenty counts, claiming damages in each against the defendant for alleged libels. The matter was submitted to a jury, which returned verdicts against the defendant in the sum of $3,000 each on Counts V, X, XIII, XVI, and XVII; and in the amounts of $25,000 on Count XI and $35,000 on Count XVIII. Defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding verdict was denied as to all counts. Its motion for...

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