LOFTSGAARDEN v. REILING

No. 39,015.

267 Minn. 181 (1964)

126 N.W. (2d) 154

BELDIN H. LOFTSGAARDEN v. WILLIAM A. REILING.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 3, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miley & Narveson and David W. Nord, for appellant.

Donahue, Kelly & Smith and Robert A. Gearin, for respondent.


SHERAN, JUSTICE.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court.

In a libel action the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff assessing actual damages as "$0" and punitive damages at $5,000 after the court had ruled that the publication was libelous per se. Defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was granted and judgment was directed in favor of defendant. Although we have not been provided with a settled case, it is clear that the order...

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