Daisley v. Douglass

Citations

• 119 F. 485
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5301

Syllabus

<p>1. Libel—Damages—Amount.</p> <p>Where, in an action by a lumber dealer and building contractor for libel, he introduced evidence to prove compensatory damages, that his business loss amounted to from $20,000 to $24,000, resulting from the libel, but defendant in rebuttal showed that a part of the subscribers to its mercantile reports, in which the libel was published, had not withdrawn credit from plaintiff by reason of the publication, a verdict assessing plaintiff’s damages at $5,000 was excessive, and should be reduced to $3,000.</p>