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He Sues The Register

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
November
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mr. Voorheis, democratie candidate for justice of the peace, for Ann Arbor, to fill vacancy, Saturday lodged a suit for $5,000 damages, against Selby A. Moran, of the Register, on account of various publications in that paper reflecting on the character of the complainant. The summons was served on the defendant last Saturday, Charles Kline and M. J. Lehman being Mr. Voorheis' attorneys. One of the articles puts Mr. Voorheis in the light of a crony of bums and drunkards, and another quotes him as saying "I'll down thp Dutch." These and other articles are the basis for the suit. It is to be regretted that some who are opposed to the democratie candidates have thought proper to attempt their defeat by unjust personal attacks. The effect of the attacks, which have brought about two actions for libel, by democratie candidates in Ann Arbor, has been very different from what was designed. In either case the candidates assailed have found new friends and lost none of the old. There is an element in the human mind that loves fair play and comes to the side of those who are the victims of unwarranted assault. Many have declared hat they will now cut their ticket for no republican but vote solidly for the democratie ticket and work particularly riard for Suekey and Voorheis.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News