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The New Libel Law

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
July
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
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The new libel law is so important to jourualibU thut we giye it en tire: Section 1. In any suits brought for the publication of u libel in any newspaper in Lilis tute the plaintifl' shall recorer only actual damages it it shall appear i luit the publicatiou was made in gxod faitb and did uot involve a criminal charge, ind its faltlty was tlue to mistake or misapprchi'iiüion of the facts, and that in the uext regular issue of said newspaper after such mistake was brought to the knovvledge of the publisher or publishers, wliether before or aftur suit brought, a correction was publisheU in as conspicuous a inanner and plast in said newspaper as was the article sued on as libelous. Sec. '. In any action or suit for the publicatiou of a libel in any newspaper in this state, the plaiutill' shall not be entitled to recover, in addition to actual damages, any creater sum tlian ïu tiuuaand dollars. Sec. 3. The words "actual damages" in the foregoing section shall be construed to include all damages the plainuu" may show lie luis sufl'ered in respect to hm property, business, trade, proftssion or occupaüon, and no other dumiiges.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News