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TUNNELL v. EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER

No. 41687.

43 Ill.2d 239 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 538

ROBERT W. TUNNELL v. THE EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER, INC., Appellant. — (Lena S. Tunnell, Executrix, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GORDON BURROUGHS, of BURROUGHS, SIMPSON & BURROUGHS, of Edwardsville, and EMERSON BAETZ, of Alton, for appellant.

DICK H. MUDGE, JR., of Edwardsville, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is here on leave granted to appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, Fifth District. 99 Ill.App.2d 1.

The original plaintiff, Robert W. Tunnell, brought this action in the circuit court of Madison County, alleging that he had been defamed in a newspaper article published by the defendant, Edwardsville Intelligencer...

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