The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-31
WANTS $4,000.
Alderman Lamfrom Begins Suit for that
Amount Against The Times.

Alderman Lamfrom Begins Suit for that
Amount Against The Times.
Tuesday morning papers were served
upon Edmund o. Dewey, editor of The
TIMES, beginning libel suit for $4,000
damages alleged to have been done Alder
man S. Lamfrom by the publication in last
weeks TINES of an article headed illegally
Appropriated" The declaration is as fol-
lows:
Now comes the above named Samuel Lam
from, the above named plaintiff, by watson "
Chapman, his attorneys, and complains OF Ed
mund O. Dewey, the above named defendant,
of plea of trespass on the case, hing THIS Dec
laration entering rule TO plead, etc.. as COM
mencement of suit. For that whereas the SAID
plaintiff now is and always has been good, true
honest Just and faithful citizen OF this state ana
as such hath always behaved and conducted
himself and until the committing of the several
grievances by the said plaintiff as hereinafter
mentioned was always respected, esteemed
and accepted by and amongst all his neighbors
and other good and worthy citizens OF this
state to whom he was in any wise known, 10
be person of good name, fame and credit, 10
wit: at the city of Owosso, Shiawassee county,
state of Michigan and whereas, also, the SAID
plaintiff hath not ever been guilty or until
the time of the committing OF the said
several grievances by the said defendant
as hereinafter mentioned, been suspected to
have been guilty OF peculation, robbery or
embezzlement or of any dishonorable conduct
in either public or private life or of the oenses
and misconduct hereinafter mentioned to have
been charged and imputed to the said plaintiff,
or of any other such oifense or misconduct by
means of which said premises he the said plain
tiff before the committing of the said several
grievances by the said defendant as hereinafter
mentioned, had deservedly gained and obtained
the good opinion and credit of all his neighbors
and other good and worthy citizens of this state
to whom he was in any wise known, towit: AT
at the City of Owosso and the County OF Shia-
wassee and the country round about.
Yet the said defendant well knowing the
premises but greatly envying the happy state
and condition of the said plaintiff and contriVlng
and wickedly and maiciously intending TO IN
lure the said plaintiff in his said good name,
fame credit and to bring him into public scandal
infamy disrepute and disgrace with and amongst
all his neighbors and other good and worthy
citizens of this state and to cause it to be sus-
pected and believed by those neighbors and
citizens that he the said plaintiff had been and
was guilty of peculation, robbery, embeZzle-
ment and of the several acts of misconduct
hereinafter mentioned; and to subject him to
the pains and penalties by the laws of this state
made and provided against and inflicted upon
persons guilty thereof; and to vex harass OPP
press, impoverish and wholly ruin him the said
plaintiff heretofore to wit; on the oath day OF
May, A D., 1895, at the city of Owosso aforesaid,
falsely, w1ckedly and maliciously did compose
and publish and cause and procure to be pub
lished of and concerning the said plaintiff and
of and concerning his conduct certain false,
scandulous, malicious and defamatory libel as
follows to-wit:
Here follows the alleged libelous article pub
lished last week.
And said defendant maciously intending did
on said oath day of May cause said libelous ar
ticle to be published in the Owosso TIMES,
public newspaper published in the City of
Owosso a nd circulated in said city and state of
Michigan. BY means of the committing OF
which said several grievances by the said de-
PENDANT as aforesaid, he, the said plaintiff hath
been and is greatly injured in his good name,
fame and credit and brought into public scand-
al, infamy and disgrace with and among all
his neighbors and other good and worthy citi-
zens of this state, insomuch that divers of those
neighbors and citizens to whom the innocence In
tegrity of the said plaintiff in the premises were
have on occasion of the committing ofthe
said grievances by the said defendant as afore-
saidtrom thence hitherto suspected and believed
and still do suspect the said plaintiff to have
n,,A he u1Iil fxy
robbery and embezzlement and the several acts
of misconduct mentioned in said libel and have
by reason of the committing of the said griev
ances by the said defendant as aforesaid from
thence hitherto wholly refused and still do re-
fuse TO have any transaction, acquaintance or
discourse with him the said plaintiff as they |
were before used and accustomed to have and |
otherwise would have had and on account of
having thus publicly scandalized and accused OF
POPULATION, robbery and embezzlement he has
suffered great mental pain and anguish, so
much SO that it has caused him to suffer from
insomnia; and for that said plaintiff was and is
an alderman in the city Of Owosso and is some
what connected with the politics Of the repub-
lican party in said county and was possessed Of
bright political prospects in said party and
would have been entrusted by his fellow cit-
zens with any offices Of trust and confidence
and we'll paying positions which on account Of
the grievances above mentioned he has been
wholly deprived of and ruined in his bright
All to the damage of said plaintiff
to the sum of ten thousand dollars.
At present we simply desire to say that
the commencement Of the suit has not
caused us "great mental pain and anguish"
neither have we suffered from ''insomnia,"
and so far as observed none of our "neigh-
bors and citzens' refuse to have any
transaction, acquaintance or discourse"
with us.
One of the most important decisions of
recent years handed down by the u. s. Su-