Supreme Court of Pennsylvania October 26, 1883 (Bruce v. Reed)

Chief Justice Mercur

delivered the opinion of the court, January 7th 1884.

The defendants are the proprietors of a daily newspaper, called the Commercial Gazette, published in the city of Pittsburgh.

This suit is to recover damages for the composing and publishing as editorial in the columns of that paper, an article, reflecting on the plaintiff, which the jury have found to be libelous.