116 Wis. 495 | Wis. | 1903
This is an action for slander, which was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict for tbe defendant. A motion for a new trial was made on two grounds: (1) Because tbe verdict is contrary to tbe evidence; and (2) because one of tbe jurors was tbe husband of tbe first •cousin of one of tbe defendant’s attorneys, — a fact which was not known to plaintiff or 'bis counsel until after tbe rendition of tbe verdict. Tbe motion was overruled, and judgment rendered for tbe defendant, from which plaintiff appeals.
Tbe judgment must be affirmed. Careful reading of tbe ■evidence shows that there was sufficient evidence in tbe case from which tbe jury were justified in finding a verdict for tbe •defendant. Tbe speaking of tbe alleged slanderous words
By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.