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TUNNELL v. EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER, INC.

Gen. No. 67-46.

99 Ill. App.2d 1 (1968)

241 N.E.2d 28

Robert W. Tunnell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edwardsville Intelligencer, Inc., a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

August 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dick H. Mudge, Jr., of Edwardsville, for appellant.

Gordon Burroughs, Burroughs, Simpson and Burroughs, of Edwardsville, and Emerson Baetz, of Alton, for appellee.

EBERSPACHER, P.J.

This is a defamation suit wherein the plaintiff, Robert W. Tunnell, a licensed attorney and city attorney of Edwardsville, Illinois, brought suit against the defendant, Edwardsville Intelligencer, Inc., a daily newspaper, for publishing and circulating an allegedly libelous article on February 23, 1961.

The cause was tried before a jury and on May 11, 1966, the jury returned the following verdict: "We, the jury, find in favor of the plaintiff...

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