...Бс it enacted by the Senate and Iftntsc of Reprcsentntircs in General Assembly convened: SEC. 1. That in every action for an alleged libel, the defendant...proved, and specially alleged in the declaration. SEC. 2. Nothing in this act contained shall effect any suit now ¡lending. Approved Juno 20, 1855....

...considered in the light of Gen. Statutes,' § 1116, which reads as follows : — " In every action for libel the defendant may give proof of intention; and unless the plaintiff shall prove either malice in fact, or that the defendant, after having been requested by him in writing to retract...

...the whole amount of such judgment shall not exceed the penalty of the bond with interest.* SECT. 194. In every action for an alleged libel, the defendant...prove malice in fact, he shall recover nothing but the actual damage which he has specially alleged in his declaration and has proved.f SECT. 195. In...

...of the common law rule, with great astuteness. Thus where the Legislature of Connecticut enacted " that in every* action for an alleged libel, the defendant...but his actual damage proved and specially alleged," the Supreme Court held that while a false publication was not, of course, libellous as it was before...

...actually did say, and the circumstances of the conversation.3 § 14. When the libel is primd facie a privileged communication, it is open to the plaintiff...of intention ; and unless the plaintiff shall prove 1 Letton v. Young, 2 Met. (Ky.) 558. * Hemmings v. Gaeson, 1 Ell. B. & E. 1 Hosley v. Brooks, 20 11l....

...767 of the General Statutes of Connecticut of 1902, which reads as follows: "7C7. In every action for libel the defendant may give proof of intention ; and unless the plaintiff shall prove either malice in fact or that the defendant. after having been requested by him In writing to retract...

...verdict. The plaintiff appeals. The statute (Gen. St. § 1116) provides as follows: "In every action for a libel the defendant may give proof of intention; and unless the plaintiff shall prove either malice in fact * * * he shall recover nothing but such actual damage as he may have specially...

...476), which declares that in a civil action for libel against the publisher of a newspaper or the like the defendant may give proof of intention, and unless the plaintiff shall prove either malice In fact, or that the defendant, after written request to retract, failed to do so within...

...evidently designed for the protection of newspaper publishers, and which provided that "in every action for libel, the defendant may give proof of intention;...malice in fact, he shall recover nothing but his actual damages proved and specially alleged in the declaration." Although very different in form, it will...

...great as at first sight appears. The act in question is in the following words: "In every action for alleged libel the defendant may give proof of intention,...his actual damage proved and specially alleged in his declaration." Another act on the subject was passed in 1872 which it is not necessary to consider...